Lizzo Says Plus-Size Women Are Being ‘Erased,’ Society Must ‘Undo’ the Effects of ‘Ozempic Boom’

 

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However, the Grammy winner also acknowledged that conversations around weight loss are not simple, noting that she herself was partly motivated to lose weight because she was “sick and tired” of her identity being “overshadowed” by her weight.

“People could not see my talent as a musician because they were too busy accusing me of making ‘being fat’ my whole personality,” she wrote. “I had to actively work against ‘mammy’ tropes by being hypersexual and vulgar because being a mammy by definition is being desexualized.”

“And that’s the reality that nobody wants to talk about,” she continued. “We’re in an era where the bigger girls are getting smaller because they’re tired of being judged.”

The singer also revealed that she began losing weight in the fall of 2023 during a period of severe depression, revealing that she was “deeply suicidal” at the time. However, she wrote that she decided to “turn my extreme inaction into action.”

“The old me would tend to binge when sad and depressed. I would order hundreds of dollars of food delivery and eat everything until my stomach felt like it would explode. But this time I just didn’t feel like doing that,” she continued.

Lizzo said she started doing Pilates to “process my pain through my body.” She also began therapy, where she wrote that she came to realize that she had been using her weight as a “protective shield” and she “wanted to let-it-the-f— go.”

The musician concluded her essay by calling for more nuanced conversations and discussions within the body positivity movement in which “we release ourselves from the illusion that there is only good and bad.”

“I want us to allow the body positive movement to expand and grow far away from the commercial slop it’s become. Because movements move,” she added.

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health challenges, emotional distress, substance use problems, or just needs to talk, call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org 24/7.

 

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However, the Grammy winner also acknowledged that conversations around weight loss are not simple, noting that she herself was partly motivated to lose weight because she was “sick and tired” of her identity being “overshadowed” by her weight.

“People could not see my talent as a musician because they were too busy accusing me of making ‘being fat’ my whole personality,” she wrote. “I had to actively work against ‘mammy’ tropes by being hypersexual and vulgar because being a mammy by definition is being desexualized.”

“And that’s the reality that nobody wants to talk about,” she continued. “We’re in an era where the bigger girls are getting smaller because they’re tired of being judged.”

The singer also revealed that she began losing weight in the fall of 2023 during a period of severe depression, revealing that she was “deeply suicidal” at the time. However, she wrote that she decided to “turn my extreme inaction into action.”

“The old me would tend to binge when sad and depressed. I would order hundreds of dollars of food delivery and eat everything until my stomach felt like it would explode. But this time I just didn’t feel like doing that,” she continued.

Lizzo said she started doing Pilates to “process my pain through my body.” She also began therapy, where she wrote that she came to realize that she had been using her weight as a “protective shield” and she “wanted to let-it-the-f— go.”

The musician concluded her essay by calling for more nuanced conversations and discussions within the body positivity movement in which “we release ourselves from the illusion that there is only good and bad.”

“I want us to allow the body positive movement to expand and grow far away from the commercial slop it’s become. Because movements move,” she added.

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health challenges, emotional distress, substance use problems, or just needs to talk, call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org 24/7.