Why we are banning the S-word from @laurenconradcom: http://t.co/iBRP6uTB5G
— Lauren Conrad (@LaurenConrad) June 1, 2015
Several days ago Conrad released this blog statement, “When we’ve talked about getting in shape in the past, words like ‘skinny,’ ‘slim,’ and ‘thin’ have often come up. We’ll be banning any body-shaming terms from the site, and replacing them with words like ‘fit,’ ‘toned,’ and ‘healthy.’ We try to do this for the most part anyway, but now we’re making it official! The word skinny will now be reserved for skinny jeans.”
She adds, “…we want to make sure that the focus is on being fit as opposed to a number on the scale.” With this statement Conrad works towards a healthier dialogue, one that will eventually and hopefully lead to the elimination of body shaming words, phrases, references, and images...
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