Two feminist artists have invented a thing called “Selfie Stick Aerobics” — where you work out using a selfie stick while taking pictures of yourself — which they claim promotes body positivity and “can be a radical act of political empowerment.”

Yes. Artists Arvida Byström and Maja Malou Lyse consider their video — in which they dance around in pink velour tracksuits surrounded by graphics of lipstick, belly-button rings, and menstrual supplies — to be “a radical act of political empowerment.”

“Hello and welcome to Selfie Stick Aerobics,” the video begins. “Today we’re going to practice some high-energy selfie admiration and some angles for do-it-your-selfie stick. So I hope you brought your selfie sticks!”

In an article in the Huffington Post, Lyse explains that “the conversation surrounding selfies is inherently gendered” because “critics call out selfies for being vain, superficial, and narcissistic — these are also adjectives often used to describe young girls and terms heavily associated with feminine identities.”

(For the record: I myself have described plenty of men as being all of those things. But, you know, whatever.)

#share#Still, Lyse says that she and Byström “view selfies as an effective medium for self-expression and a tool for resisting the male-dominated media culture.”

#related#Oh, and of course, their program is also intended to fight our horrible society that makes people hate their bodies.

Lyse said the video is a “fun, simple, and subtle way of promoting body positivity” because it’s “reclaiming the feminine identity and female body — taking ownership of our own images instead of subjecting themselves to the male gaze.”

Whoa. Who knew dancing around in a tracksuit with a stick could have such a powerful impact!

The workout ends like this:

For our last and final exercise, I would like you to take a deep breath. Now, look into your selfie, and say, ‘I am beautiful. And everyone around me is beautiful.

Now, I know this video is supposed to be heroically feminist, but I must admit that the most “beautiful” moment I’ve had all day was actually that it was finally over. After all, no longer having to cringe as you feel your eyes and ears bleeding with annoyance sure is a beautiful thing.