Kelli Jean Drinkwater
Body Positivity Advocate | Challenging Societal Beauty Norms
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Kelli Jean Drinkwater is a body positivity advocate who challenges societal beauty standards through her empowering TED talks. As a plus-size model and filmmaker, she has worked to amplify diverse voices and representations in the media.
Drinkwater's powerful presentations explore how narrow beauty ideals negatively impact mental health and self-acceptance. Her keynotes inspire audiences to reframe their relationship with their bodies and embrace body diversity.
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Enough with the fear of fat
In a society obsessed with body image and marked by a fear of fat, Kelli Jean Drinkwater engages in radical body politics through art. She confronts the public's perception of bigger bodies by bringing them into spaces that were once off limits -- from fashion runways to the Sydney Festival -- and entices all of us to look again and rethink our biases. "Unapologetic fat bodies can blow people's minds," she says.
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TEDxSydney 2016 | 2016 | 🇦🇺Sydney, Australia |
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