When 21-year-old South African Mixo Jeaux shared a mirror picture of herself on Twitter on Jan. 7, she probably didn’t know it would start a body-positive movement that would sweep the social media platform — but it did.
I took this on the first day of #ThighsForJeaux pic.twitter.com/A28fkINZo1
— ifeoluwa✨ (@Mijeaux) January 8, 2016
In the picture, shown above, Jeaux is wearing shorts that flaunt her thighs. The caption states, “I took this on the first day of #ThighsForJeaux.”
Since sharing her photo months ago, Jeaux inspired other Twitter users to post unretouched photos of their thighs using the hashtag, which has since been populated with hundreds of images.
It has created an online space for women to embrace their thighs, no matter how below par they may seem by the societal slinky standards.
In fact, they are now celebrating their thighs with this viral hashtag.
Thighs for me.. Thighs for you… But most importantly… Thighs for @Mijeaux ✨✨#ThighsForJeaux pic.twitter.com/0GVWGUqJIx
— soft (@leftyscribbles_) September 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/CoCo_Makana/status/771301588811993088
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