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Women’s Health Bans the Term 'Bikini Body'

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As the beginning of the 2016 continues to roll out, it seems as if one health resolution is being carried out by Women’s Health Magazine. Bustle reports that in an effort to appease readers and to be more body positive, the magazine has decided to no longer put the phrases “Drop Two Sizes” and “Bikini Body” on their covers. These phrases have often come across as a mechanism that screens how women’s bodies are supposed to look—a sentiment echoed in a recent reader survey, where 62 percent of readers said they want to see more on the subject of body positivity in future issues.

“We want to always empower women, not make them feel bad about themselves,” said editor-in-chief Amy Keller Laird in an interview with Newsweek. The magazine plans on “getting the focus back on health and not always just about being thin.” In an open letter to the above phrases, Laird refers to “Bikini Body” as “…a misnomer, not to mention an unintentional insult: You imply that a body must be a certain size in order to wear a two-piece.” As for the advice of “Drop Two Sizes,” Laird classifies the phrase as “Not super practical, or even all that healthy.”

With that, we can only hope that this trend can resonate hopefully to other magazines and inspire us to keep our own wellness resolutions more health-conscious rather than thin-conscious.


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