Models illustrated magazine cover sparks body positive conversation
Summary
Many celebrated the range of models on Sports Illustrates recent swim line issue, one specific model included in the magazine who's name is Yumi Nu, sparked the conversation surrounding the body positive movement. A man named Jordan Peterson tweeted a now deleted tweet about the model, which said “Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.” He faced a lot of hate and backlash from the tweet, rightfully so. Many female celebrities responded to this tweet, saying that they were worried about who this tweet would reach on social media. Jordan Peterson has a very young male following on his platforms, when he tweeted this many were worried that young boys and men would see this tweet and think that is the right way of thinking, and that may put the future of the body positive movement at risk. The women featured on the cover of the magazine spoke up against Jordan's tweet saying "It takes a confident man to not be intimidated by the beauty of a confident women." Several news company's spoke out as well saying that things are getting better surrounding the body positive movement, however a lot of things and people need to change in order for the movement to fully thrive, people like Jordan Peterson. With all that aside, the fact that a bigger women was on the cover of a sports illustrated magazine is a big step forward in our society and proves that the body positive movement is truly doing plenty of good in our community.
My opinion
Personally, I am a big believer in the body positive movement. As someone who has grown up and had to be constantly listening to people having and opinion on my body, this movement does empower me a lot. As well as many other women all across the world, this movement I think was such an amazing step forward in our society and definitely puts us a step in the right direction. However we still have a long was to go, for example, if you look at any plus size model, their sizing ranges usually from size 4-6. When in reality the average women size ranges from 12-16. So young girls who see plus size models who's sizes are not actually plus size, imagine how much that messes with their heads. Or imagine an actual plus size individual seeing the skinny "plus size" model on a cover of a magazine, imagine how that would make them feel. The modelling industry is something that needs a lot of revision and fixing, but that's another topic for another day. I think Jordan's tweet was ignorant and very rude, he took the time out of his day to go comment on the size of someones body, that's not only completely rude and ignorant but it's just unnecessary all together. People like Jordan are the problem, and what he did was wrong, but the model on the cover handled it with such grace. In the end, people like Jordan only influence the movement so much, and I would argue that a magazine cover is more powerful than a tweet. This magazine cover was such an amazing thing to see and I can't wait to see more of it in the future (minus Jordan's tweet.)
Title of article:
Yumi Nu’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover, Jordan Peterson comments spark body acceptance conversation
Date of article:
May 18th, 2022
Page number:
Page 1
Author of article:
Melissa Lopez-Martinez
Link:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/body-acceptance-discourse-ignited-over-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-cover-1.5907711
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