Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Kims Nude Selfie
Kim Kardashian recently posted a very revealing picture of herself on instagram, twitter, and facebook. She may have "broke the Internet" yet again. Of course she got a lot of different opinions on it. One that keeps resurfacing is a comment made my Chloe Moretz who basically slut shamed Kim for posting the picture. She claimed that by posting the picture, Kim is being a bad role model for showing off her banging body. A lot of people seemed to agree with Chloe. The part that always puzzles my mind with situations like these, is that these same people who are bashing Kim, are the exact same people who are preaching to show off your body and to love your body and #freethenipple. So how can these people go back and forth with their opinions on whether they think posting something revealing is okay or not. It baffles my mind. No one gave Justin Bieber a hard time for posting his guitar nude. I think the reason for this is because there is such a strong competition force between women these days that allows us to be criticized for pretty much anything we do. The double standards in our society is very prevalent and is definitely a huge issue.
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I am really glad that you brought this up. I agree with this entire blog. Women are being encouraged to love their bodies and accept their curves but the minute you do you become a slut. It does not make any sense. Do these celebrities really want to encourage self love and a positive body image or do they just say that because it makes them 'look good'.
ReplyDeleteWhat really bothered me about Chloe is although it is okay for her to speak out and voice her opinion, she should understand that its HER OPINION. Her idea of "respecting yourself" is not the same for everybody else.
Great blog Adera. I agree with you and Lauren about how women are constantly being told to love themselves/their bodies.
ReplyDeleteI don't completely agree with what Chloe said, but I don't necessarily think that Kim and Justin need to posting their privates to their millions of followers-for the reason that both of them have a big following of a younger audience.
As a parent in this day and age, I wouldn't want my 8 year old child to go on twitter (yes 8 year olds have smartphones and twitter/instagram/facebook now) and see a grown man or womans privates. I know that this is just my opinion but I'm sure that there are parents out there who have this concern.
I think that people, again, man or woman can have respect for themselves and accept their bodies without posting them on social media.
Also, when we talked about this earlier, I liked the point that you brought up that when people model nude, it is seen as art and the nakedness isn't controversial. But when a celebrity, or really anyone else posts nude photos they are almost instantly sexualized.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how society needs to change in order to avoid these problems.
I actually think it is kind of funny to look back to Greek/Roman times, men and women were constantly nude-almost every painting of a person from that time period is partially nude...
Interesting to think about! Thought provoking blog..(:
True. Parents might be concerned about what their child sees online. But the real question is why does an eight year old have a smart phone and going on twitter? Maybe those parents should worry more about what their child is doing on social media and the fact that their child IS on social media at such a young age rather than tell other people what to do to protect their child.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't want your eight year old child to go on twitter to see nude pictures...don't give your child a phone.
Although I wouldn't post a selfie like that I do think that Kim Kardashian has the right to post one. It bothers me when others get so concerned with what others post, just because you don't support their decision, I don't think you should bash it. But I do see the point that this kind of media is influencing our youth.
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