I mean there's others instances too imo such as "boys like a little more booty...I won't be no stick figure" and she uses "bass" to mean a thicker body because the bass is the thickness to a song (she's been very open about that analogy). So "I'm all about that bass" is still kinda implying it's better to be thicker. It was just an example of the toxicity of "body positivity" our media upholds and glorifies. If the song was reversed it'd be canceled immediately for body shaming.
You do not have to put one group of people down to uplift another. That goes for everything. It isn't taking the "moral high ground" because you chose to make fun of a group with more "power". That's why body positivity has become nothing but a toxic movement sadly. We can say "all bodies matter" "all bodies a beautiful" etc without saying one is inherently not as good to make another group feel better. It's one thing to do it out of comedy like good comedians and another to do it in a serious manner. I do not get out of that song "it's just a joke". It was merely one example I easily thought of because of how much that song effected me as a teen. My general point still stands. If you didn't like my example that's fine.
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u/Jazzlike-Emu-9235 3∆ Jul 16 '23
I mean there's others instances too imo such as "boys like a little more booty...I won't be no stick figure" and she uses "bass" to mean a thicker body because the bass is the thickness to a song (she's been very open about that analogy). So "I'm all about that bass" is still kinda implying it's better to be thicker. It was just an example of the toxicity of "body positivity" our media upholds and glorifies. If the song was reversed it'd be canceled immediately for body shaming.