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Can You Love Your Body — and Still Want To Change It? | Gabriella Lascano | TED

Gabriella Lascano rose to prominence as a plus-size influencer, advocating for respect at any size with her natural blend of confidence and self-love. She shares how a friend’s death led to a candid reassessment of her own health and sparked a viral conversation about the complex intersection of body image, community and personal growth. (Recorded…

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Gabriella Lascano rose to prominence as a plus-size influencer, advocating for respect at any size with her natural blend of confidence and self-love. She shares how a friend’s death led to a candid reassessment of her own health and sparked a viral conversation about the complex intersection of body image, community and personal growth. (Recorded at TED Salon Novo Nordisk on November 19, 2024)

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  1. @CaptainChristianZ1818

    January 6, 2025 at 11:33 am

    What do you mean? It’s because you love your body that’s why you want to change it.

    • @GabriellaLascano

      January 6, 2025 at 1:06 pm

      ❤❤❤❤

  2. @MelikaQasemi-ge8rb

    January 6, 2025 at 11:40 am

    Her lecture was wonderful.
    I did like her personality and her appearance.
    Definitely she has so many positive points and this point about her body can’t stop her not to be perfect❤

  3. @Jason-cz3bv

    January 6, 2025 at 11:54 am

    Stop eating animals and dairy products and watch how fast you slim down!

  4. @TenTenFarms

    January 6, 2025 at 11:56 am

    She should eat her word salad instead of spewing it on ted talk.

  5. @rajusoni-ci1hf

    January 6, 2025 at 12:09 pm

    don’t read the book Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki if you’re fine staying like everyone else, it’s not for you.

  6. @RinkuAli-v8o

    January 6, 2025 at 12:09 pm

    Magnetic Aura book by Takeshi Mizuki ain’t for everyone, it’s for people who actually want to get ahead.

  7. @DhanjayYouTube9334

    January 6, 2025 at 12:09 pm

    you probably shouldn’t read the book Magnetic Aura if you’re cool with missing out on how attraction really works.

  8. @SHiVASodont

    January 6, 2025 at 12:09 pm

    if you’re not ready for real change, skip the book Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, it’s too much for most people.

  9. @vinitrai2229

    January 6, 2025 at 12:09 pm

    seriously, don’t pick up the book Magnetic Aura unless you’re ready to see things differently, no joke.

  10. @dikashaarvindsingh9575

    January 6, 2025 at 12:10 pm

    you probably shouldn’t read the book Magnetic Aura if you’re cool with missing out on how attraction really works.

  11. @AmarSingh-fh3xp

    January 6, 2025 at 12:10 pm

    if you’re not ready for real change, skip the book Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki, it’s too much for most people.

  12. @ikennaonwunli5072

    January 6, 2025 at 12:16 pm

    This has to be a dumb, dumb line of thought.

  13. @GabriellaLascano

    January 6, 2025 at 1:06 pm

    ????????????????????

  14. @l01230123

    January 6, 2025 at 1:20 pm

    Good points and a reasonable perspective about physical and mental health. We need more of that! ????

  15. @tchachef

    January 6, 2025 at 1:44 pm

    this is sponsored by NovoNordisk : so it is biased.
    She is here to sell Ozempic

    • @GabriellaLascano

      January 6, 2025 at 7:10 pm

      Nope not everyone so easily gives up their morals. Clearly you would as you assume so

  16. @Euphoryaaa

    January 6, 2025 at 2:01 pm

    I love tortas ❤❤ I love tortas that love themselves

  17. @Loly-j2l

    January 6, 2025 at 2:04 pm

    والله مافهمت شي بس مكمله معاها

  18. @justafan3051

    January 6, 2025 at 2:42 pm

    Can you be fat and healthy?
    *No.*

  19. @tshorty90210

    January 6, 2025 at 2:53 pm

    How about just don’t get fat in the first place ????

  20. @chibuezeking1919

    January 6, 2025 at 2:55 pm

    Bro they just be inviting anyone to TED????????‍♂

  21. @ritarios7872

    January 6, 2025 at 4:12 pm

    Beautifully done Gabi. I’m very proud of you! Love you ❤

  22. @maibritton2882

    January 6, 2025 at 4:36 pm

    I used to hate it when fat idols would lose weight. I felt betrayed and that I wasted my time and money on idols that were no longer “one of us”. I had spent decades as a child and adult not seeing plus size people in the mainstream. I mean the false symbol of a fat singer dying from a sandwich didn’t help. Our media plays a BIG part in how we perceive ourselves, its TOXIC. I realized that as Mrs. Lascano points out you can love your body and be body positive. I have beautiful memories of traveling and walking on the beach and knowing that it wasn’t my size that attracted my partners but who I am as a person. it has always been my choice to be positive about myself no matter what my size, and those idols . . . I know they are loving themselves too.

  23. @trinleywangmo

    January 6, 2025 at 5:08 pm

    Thousands of years people have been on this earth and all different shapes and sizes (we we’re even hairy primates once!) so STOP the shaming. If all you focus on is your love and how to express that, who cares what size or shape you are. Love doesn’t care… but it starts with you yourself.

  24. @cigarmann

    January 6, 2025 at 6:30 pm

    Hahaha butt of the joke……..

  25. @winzyl9546

    January 6, 2025 at 6:56 pm

    Bish, thats not “loving yourself”, that is torturing yourself.
    I guarantee you your body is struggling because of your “acceptance”.

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