What Cowboy Carter can teach us about Toxic Fitness Culture…

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“[COWBOY CARTER] was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t… The criticisms I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to propel past the limitations that were put on me.”
–Beyoncé🐎👑🐝

📢News flash: Travis Tritt didn’t invent country music, Jillian Michaels didn’t invent exercise, and Gwyneth Paltrow didn’t invent healthy lifestyles.

In fact, they are ruining their respective fields because of their presence in them.🙅‍♀️

That doesn’t mean country music, exercise, or health goals are the problem! Don’t let the haters gate keep you from things that are absolutely meant for everyone.🫶

If the other people in the culture are making it toxic, take what’s important to you & f^ck them!🖕

Now, is it any surprise that the culture of mainstream country music & mainstream fitness seem to have a lot of similar toxicity…🤔
Nope!

Because they BOTH value ⚪yt supremacy over everything else!😮
(No wonder they both come across as super toxic… THEY ARE!)

💗But they don’t OWN the whole culture.💗

There is room to find your own space within anything that’s important to you. Maybe that means you find others who are already making that space, or maybe it means making it yourself.☺️

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