Kacchan:
This is such a nicely written moment of admiration/optimism for a moment of enjoyment, comfort, and body confidence - thanks for sharing with us!
I agree that body positivity and fat confidence seemed to take a big step forward in the past decade. Younger people seem to be so much more comfortable with their larger bodies - FAR more confident than the average youth in the 80s and 90s would typically be. There has been a noticeable increase of advertisements with mid and plus size models included, and I applaud all who have worked so hard to bump the fashion and entertainment industry toward greater inclusion of bigger sized bodies.
I hope that more and more people are able to be confident in their bodies at any size. Little moments like this give me hope for younger generations who hopefully can embrace fat beauty and self-confidence.
As much as people dunk on social media, it's also paved the way for more diverse bodies to be celebrated. Back in the day, a small handful of really gross people determined what was beautiful and what was not. And for a while, you had to be a leggy (but not tall), slender, (often) blonde, pale woman. Of course, your average person found a great many different things attractive, but it was never front and center.
Now, there's greater visibility for many different people of all shapes, colors, and sizes. We still have a way to go, but we are doing a lot better than we did 20, 30, or even 40 years ago.