The global movement of AnyBody (formerly Endangered Bodies) was launched in 2011 by a series of Endangered Species summits in London, New York, Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo and Melbourne. These summits, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, brought together groups and individuals who were working to change the way girls and women felt about their bodies.

As outlined in this speech by Susie Orbach at the London summit ‘we want every girl to grow up feeling a matter of fact right to her body, without attack, without self-criticism, without being watchful. We want girls to be able to see their bodies as the place they live from, not a complicated place of fear. We want girls to be able to enjoy their physicality, play with it, be able to dress, to move, to desire, sumptuous and ordinarily. We want girls to be able to enjoy their appetites with relish. Today at this summit, we are insisting that something that is regarded as a personal issue, insecurity and preoccupation about one’s body, be resituated as a serious political, economic and emotional issue’.

The movement has continued to grow with chapters now also in Germany, Ireland and New Zealand. While we initially focussed on girls and women our movement now addresses the impact of body issues on all bodies. 

In 2021, all chapters rebranded under the AnyBody name to align globally and avoid confusion as previously some chapters operated under the Endangered Bodies moniker and some under AnyBody.   

We challenge those aspects of culture and industries that turn individuals against their own bodies. We offer alternative ways to live with and enjoy being in our bodies, now and for future generations.

• Respect for the individual identity of all persons as it intersects with size, age, race, culture, gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation, class and ability
• Commitment to challenge the diet, food, beauty, fitness, fashion, pharmaceutical and entertainment industries who actively profit from promoting body anxiety 
• Commitment to not criticize individual decisions but aim to raise critical questions around the degree of choice, ownership and participation that individuals have in relation to their bodies in diverse situations