What Does the Perfect Body Look Like For Disabled People?
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Body representation in media skews thin, white, cis, and nondisabled, isolating disability people in the process. Now, the "perfect body" is redefined.
Don't look past my disabled body - love it
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Where Are All the Disabled People in the Body Positivity Campaigns?
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The Beautiful Disabled Body - Disability Arts Online
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The obese and physically handicapped are as happy with their looks as the fit and slim
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The Beautiful Side Of Disability
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2023 Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt campaigns for positive body image
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The perfect body to survive a high-speed crash
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Profiles of disability, power, and beauty
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Living Well with a Disability
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What Is Body Positivity?
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The Body Positivity Movement and Ableism
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What is life really like for disabled people? The Disability Diaries reveal all, Inequality
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The Ideal Male Body in 19 Countries Around the World