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What Annoyed The Internet This Week?

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4 July 2019

By Bronwen

Following the release of Miley Cyrus’ music video for her latest track Mother’s Daughter, the Internet was arguing with itself about who should truly be included in the body positivity movement.

This video features several activists and models from various marginalised communities, namely Aaron Philip, Mari Copeny (Little Miss Flint) and Angelina Duplisea.

In case you’ve never heard of Duplisea, she’s a model who campaigns for fat acceptance. Miley shared one of her Instagram posts which called out people who feel the need to post negative comments under pictures of fat people.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzafxdtgaSB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Miley posted this same picture on her Twitter and sure enough, the replies were filled with people who, as Duplisea writes, wished to spoil her joy.

Next time you see a fat person posting pictures of themselves living their life, stop and ask yourself why you wish to spoil their joy. I guarantee that you can’t come up with a valid reason that isn’t based in your own ego gratification- Angelina Duplisea

https://twitter.com/SummerSalts/status/1146099535896121345

While many of the replies thanked Miley for showing different body types, some of them criticised the decision to include Duplisea.

Fat acceptance Twitter soon arrived to the scene of the crime to analyse the situation.

https://twitter.com/sarahhollowell/status/1146427535061921792

“I mean I’ve pretty much abandoned “body positivity” because of what’s happened to it, but it was still created by fat women and if anyone hi-jacked something…..” continues Hollowell, “This is also just funny to me because I left a Facebook group this week that was REAL PISSED about a fat woman saying she didn’t want weight loss posts on her feed, and saying it was “body shaming” for her to…not want to see before and after pictures? Thin people only yell about body positivity and body shaming if they can make it about themselves. If you don’t think that statement applies to you, great! Go fight the ones it does apply to.”

What do you think about Duplisea’s appearance in Mother’s Daughter? Does it send an irresponsible message to viewers or is it a refreshing change?

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