Body shaming has been around for decades. In the 50s and 60s, ads were filled with ways to get plumper. In the early 2000s, the desired body type resembled that of a skeleton. What’s the trendy body type today? Big butts. Early in the year 2014, social medias were hit with a wave of self acceptance. Turning away from “fat shaming” and towards loving yourself. Girls of all body types were referring to themselves as “queen” and “boss ass bitch”, taking pride in being independent if they were, loving to show off their relationships if they had one, and just generally loving to be who they are, no matter the shape. However, over the summer of 2014, pop culture has turned their focus to curvy women, putting all other body types down in the process.
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U.K. musician Natalia Kills recently put on twitter that she is “horrified [that] I’m considered a bitch for not being overweight” She then said, “Larger-framed women need to stop bullying/victimizing girls with small frames.” With the stigma that has been around being skinny for so many years, it’s like larger women feel like they are empowering themselves by getting revenge. People have come to automatically associate being small with being stuck up, therefore making judgments on girls before they even know who they are. But just like larger women don’t like to be called fat, smaller women don’t appreciate being called skinny. All the negative stereotyping has given the word “skinny’ a bad connotation. Women who can’t gain weight no matter what because of medical reasons or high metabolism don’t want to be as skinny as they are, and being shamed because of it lowers self esteem. Even women who have strived to get a lean figure don’t appreciate being called skinny because it has come to sound like a back handed compliment. Women are catty and say these things to each daily, but now that Minaj has brought body shaming into the mainstream, and it’s not being recognized as body shaming, the game has
U.K. musician Natalia Kills recently put on twitter that she is “horrified [that] I’m considered a bitch for not being overweight” She then said, “Larger-framed women need to stop bullying/victimizing girls with small frames.” With the stigma that has been around being skinny for so many years, it’s like larger women feel like they are empowering themselves by getting revenge. People have come to automatically associate being small with being stuck up, therefore making judgments on girls before they even know who they are. But just like larger women don’t like to be called fat, smaller women don’t appreciate being called skinny. All the negative stereotyping has given the word “skinny’ a bad connotation. Women who can’t gain weight no matter what because of medical reasons or high metabolism don’t want to be as skinny as they are, and being shamed because of it lowers self esteem. Even women who have strived to get a lean figure don’t appreciate being called skinny because it has come to sound like a back handed compliment. Women are catty and say these things to each daily, but now that Minaj has brought body shaming into the mainstream, and it’s not being recognized as body shaming, the game has