Alysse Dalessandro Santiago

Mar 6, 2025 | thecurvyfashionista.com | Alysse Dalessandro Santiago |Kerbi Lynn

The term body positive has become synonymous with loving one’s body at any size. As the phrase has grown in popularity over the last few years, it’s become commercialized. However, it’s been commercialized in a way that doesn’t feel like it’s focused on helping individuals love themselves so much as it’s helping to line the pockets of big businesses who still enforce harmful beauty standards.

Mar 5, 2025 | thecurvyfashionista.com | Alysse Dalessandro Santiago

As women of color, all we want is to see representation. That said, if you haven’t rolled your eyes at a mainstream news outlets’ list of body positive icons, then consider yourself lucky that you missed the frustration of seeing one of these stories come across your feed. Every few weeks it seems like another one pops up and not only are the majority of these icons barely above a size 8, but these lists usually include just one woman of color or sometimes none at all.