Lizzo questioned the fading visibility of plus-size girls and the shifting route of the physique positivity motion in a private essay posted Sunday on Substack, the place she pointed to the rise of weight-loss medication like Ozempic as a key motive why “all of our big girls are not-so-big anymore.”

The Hip-Hop artist, born Melissa Jefferson, titled the piece “Why is everybody losing weight and what do we do? Sincerely, a person who’s lost weight.” In it, she revealed she now weighs 200 kilos after what she described as a two-year “weight release” journey centered on well being. But regardless of her personal transformation, she expressed concern over how the motion that after uplifted her is now forsaking the very folks it was meant to empower.

“Just like that, it became branded for everyone. Unfortunately, once something becomes for everyone, the people that it was originally created for are edged out. It’s no longer for us anymore,” she wrote. “It’s no longer for the size 16 and up community. It’s no longer for the disabled plus-sized community. It’s no longer for the queer, indigenous, plus-sized community. I would look up the body positivity hashtag and I would see size eight, straight, white women dominating the category.”

The “Truth Hurts” singer additionally claimed that prolonged sizes have been disappearing from on-line retailers and that plus-size fashions are being ignored for jobs. She linked this shift to the rising recognition of GLP-1 medication like Ozempic, that are more and more used for weight reduction.

According to a report from The New York Times, demand for these drugs has surged, reshaping public attitudes towards physique picture and well being.

“I am still a proud big girl. Objectively Big. Over 200 pounds. And I love myself as much as I’ve loved myself, no matter what the scale says,” Lizzo wrote. “There may be some bad actors amongst us. Some people may have used the movement for financial gain or fame, and once it no longer served them, they abandoned it. That’s OK, it was never about them anyway. We have a lot of work to do, to undo the effects of the Ozempic boom.”

She ended the essay by pledging to assist restore the unique mission of the physique positivity motion, which she says has been diluted by business pursuits.

“I have a lot of work to do to regain the trust of the movement that gave me wings. It is work I am willing and ready to do. I want us to allow the body positive movement to expand and grow far away from the commercial slop its become (sic). Because movements move,” she wrote.

The essay was printed on Substack on Sunday, April 21.

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