I recently came across an article titled “Body Positivity Is Great And All But Not When It's Ignoring Health Concerns.” The article was interesting, and definitely brought up some good points about how at some points certain body positivity advocates put their size over their health. The article overall made me quite sad though, because I realized that a lot of people don’t see the full extent of the body positivity movement.

The general population’s experience with the Body Positivity movement is normally centered around body size; however, it expands to include body hair, skin color, gender identity, ability, and so much more.

This misconception of the Body Positivity movement can be a result of who ends up in the mainstream media, which tend to be a lot of models who have become body positivity advocates. While each of these advocates has a powerful story to share, there is also a vast amount of body positivity advocates on Instagram who share their own unique journey with self-love every day.

This article’s aim is to open everyone’s eyes to the variety and inclusivity of the Body Positivity Movement and, hopefully, a way to spread the positivity and self-love the movement promotes.

Here are a few of the amazing people you can find on Instagram (and many more media outlets) who represent a variety of what the Body Positivity Movement can represent.

1. kiarasherman5

Kiara is a body positivity model who focuses on things like size, skin color, and her wonderful freckles.

2. scotteeisfat

Scottee advocates for representing who you are, as he says he is: “Fat, femme & thriving.”

3. harnaamkaur

Harnaam wears her beard with pride! Showing that the body positivity movement includes hair and all!

4. the_feeding_of_the_fox

From her bio: “A disabled woman’s journey through weight loss, eating disorders and into self-love, self-acceptance and body positivity.”

5. sitting_pretty

Showing that the body positivity movement extends to ability as well!

6. saggysara

Sara posts a series of posed/non-posed posts to debunk the Instagram body aesthetic we put so much pressure on to achieve.

7. selfloveclubb

Milly is great at showing that body image is not only about loving your body, but also about your mental health by posting about her own mental health challenges.

8. positivitypoppa

Rishi not only advocates for body positivity (#bopo) he also is a huge mental health advocate/helper for his partner Milly!

9. lavernecox

Not all body positivity advocates have #bopo in their bio, some simply advocate for accepting & loving your body the way it is, like Laverne Cox’s #transisbeautiful campaign.

10. notoriouslydapper

Kelvin is a great example of a male body positivity advocate!

Remember: Body positivity is overall about loving yourself! So take care & glow in the positivity of these lovely instagrammers!