A new animated short film from Disney will feature a “plus-sized” ballerina as its main character, in purported efforts to promote the unhealthy “body positivity” movement.
A trailer for the short film “Reflect,” which will be featured alongside other films in Disney’s “Short Circuit” series, shows a young fat girl practicing to become a ballerina.
“This marks the first time a plus-sized female character has played the lead in a Disney animated film,” reports entertainment site The Mary Sue.
“While these are merely positions the dancer needs to strive for, she looks sadly into the mirror and is clearly unhappy with the body she sees,” The Mary Sue describes. “Suddenly, the mirror begins to crack and shatter, in a visual symbol of the poor body image she has.”
The Mary Sue went on to note, however, they’d have rather seen the film portray the fat girl as tremendously successful, rather than overly-concerned with her insecurities, a sentiment shared by a Twitter user.
“Reflect” director Hillary Bradfield said she wants people who watch the film to “feel more positively about themselves and how they look and feel okay about the tough parts of their journey.”
However, there’s nothing positive about the fat acceptance movement, which promotes a dangerously unhealthy lifestyle and glorifies obesity to the detriment of millions of people around the world.
Recently, one of the most outspoken opponents of the movement has been Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who expressed to Fox News host Tucker Carlson he was disappointed fellow performer Lizzo can’t tell her audience she lost weight because they would “attack her.”
“When Lizzo loses 10 pounds and announces it, the bots … on Instagram, they attack her losing weight, because the media wants to put out a perception that being overweight is the new goal when it’s actually unhealthy,” Ye told Carlson, adding, “It’s demonic.”
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