Why Ashley Graham Says GLP-1 Trend Is “a Smack in the Face” to Body Positivity Movement
Ashley Graham is engaging in a discussion about weight loss drugs.
The supermodel—who has been a longtime advocate for body positivity—shared her honest views on how weight loss injections have impacted the movement.
“It’s really disheartening,” Ashley told Marie Claire in an interview published April 30. “There was a pendulum that swung that was so focused on body acceptance and positivity—everybody be who they want to be.”
“And now,” she added, “it’s going back this whole opposite way that feels like a smack in the face to the women who have felt like they’ve had a voice.”
Pointing out that, like any trend, weight loss injections—including Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy—will come and go, she emphasized that women’s bodies shouldn’t be treated uniformly.
“It goes with the times—and GLP-1s are a time,” Ashley explained. “I know that there are and there’s gonna still be women who are considered plus-size forever. This drug isn’t going to wipe out a whole statistic of women.”
Even with the increasing popularity of weight loss drugs, the 38-year-old expressed why the body positivity movement is here to stay.
