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Lizzo Is Getting Real On Social Media With Unedited Nude Selfies

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By Monica Walton.

Lizzo is bringing realness to social media by┬аsharing unedited nude pics of her body.

In a new interview with┬аThe Cut, the 33-year-old explained why some social media users try to politicize her selfies тАФ and why thatтАЩs a problem for her тАЬGood as HellтАЭ philosophy.

The singer opened up about true self-love, and the difference between body positivity and normativity. Lizzo said sheтАЩs just trying to be тАЬbody normative,тАЭ where the size of your body or what it looks like isnтАЩt even an issue.

тАЬIтАЩm not trying to create a whole new movement,тАЭ Lizzo shared.

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тАЬI just mean what youтАЩre looking at is normal. LetтАЩs stop talking about it.┬аThis is my body, nothing to see here. Keep it moving.тАЭ┬аShe continued, тАЬI hope that I can post the kinds of materials that I post, showing my body and showing my rolls or whatever. And people are just like, тАШOkay. Beautiful picture. Next.тАЩ Instead of, like, тАШOh my gosh, a full-figured body. How strikingly political!’тАЭ

The Grammy winner doesnтАЩt want her pics to be scroll-stopping, merely ordinary, тАЬIt donтАЩt gotta be all of that! That is where IтАЩm going with body-normative-speak,тАЭ she said.

Last week Lizzo posted a naked selfie to announce herself as a partner in the тАЬDove Self-Esteem ProjectтАЭ, тАЬI wanna give yтАЩall this unedited selfieтАж now normally I would fix my belly and smooth my skin but baby I wanted show u how I do it au natural.тАЭ

The project has been around since 2004 and provides information to parents and mentors on how to combat issues young teens face, such as bullying and low self-esteem. The ad encourages adults to talk to teens about how social media isnтАЩt real.

тАЬI felt like our messages were parallel,тАЭ she says.┬атАЬThis is really, really important to me тАФ helping young people in the way they view themselves, and helping me and the way I view myself on the Internet.тАЭ

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Despite her efforts, the Grammy winner is still seeing many problems with how bodies are talked about online, even amongst communities that aim to celebrate diverse figures. тАЬThereтАЩs even a lot of very triggering and fat-phobic behaviours that have come from the body-positive movement,тАЭ she told The Cut.

Continuing, тАЬThere are things like body checking, and comparing sizes, or shaming sides. Like, тАШOh, itтАЩs midsize girlsтАЩ turn; big girls, youтАЩve had your moment.тАЩ Huh? ItтАЩs not about a moment. ItтАЩs about this system that oppresses big bodies.тАЭ

Lizzo said she had to learn тАЬthe hard wayтАЭ how to navigate social media. тАЬIтАЩm still not on Twitter,тАЭ she reflected. тАЬI had to learn to find people who look like me,┬аwomen who have bodies like mine, Black girls, girls who have hair like mine and smiles like mine. I believe that that has greatly improved my relationship with social media.тАЭ

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