If I.
Have to see.
Another clip.
Of Jennifer Lawrence.
Telling me to love my body.
OH MY GOD.
MY FACE WILL MELT OFF I SWEAR I SWEAR OH MY GOD.
Have to see.
Another clip.
Of Jennifer Lawrence.
Telling me to love my body.
OH MY GOD.
MY FACE WILL MELT OFF I SWEAR I SWEAR OH MY GOD.
Image: A gif of Bill Cosby that starts out as just him shouting something enthusiastically, but is then edited to turn into a disturbing pixillated clip of his face melting into a swirly green ghosty shape. He appears to be in a courtroom or something—he's wearing a suit? It's a disconcerting combination of funny and scary.
I can be real with y'all, right? Let's be real. Jennifer Lawrence is a relatively thin, non-disabled white woman. And I'm pretty sure the reason why she's liberal America's sweetheart right now (I'm aware that saying "America" instead of "the U.S." is problematic—I only used it for the sake of referencing Upworthy's use of the expression) is because she puts a thin, non-disabled, white face on this watered-down commercialized-feminist version of body positivity wherein the media is like, "Love your body, unless [all the things]!" And then all of the Obama-voting white liberals of the world run around in little celebratory circles like "oppression is officially over!"
Seriously though, I net like Jennifer Lawrence, even though she's said some problematic things, because at least she's trying. She doesn't seem to be trying that hard though? Like, I've said problematic things, but I still think I try pretty hard not to—she's just rubbing her butt on sacred rock formations like it ain't no thang?
ANYWAYS. I net like JLaw. Kind of. Or at least I like her better than some of the other public figures we have representing thin, non-disabled white women. But can we get some more representation please? I want to hear a WoC tell me to love my body. I want to hear a gender nonconforming person tell me to love my body. I want to hear a disabled person tell me to love my body. And considering how prevalent fat-shame is in our society's body-negative ways, I want to hear a fat person tell me to love my body.
Why isn't Mindy Kaling "America's sweetheart"?
Image: Mindy Kaling, in a navy blue dress with a gold zipper up the front, a grey ribbon around the waist, and pocket-like detailing that intentionally and overtly makes her hips look wider and her waist look smaller. Her hair is over both shoulders, side-parted and tucked behind one ear. She's raising an eyebrow and smiling slightly, with both arms behind her back. She's lit from left to right, standing in front of a pink background. She looks sassy a'f.
I have no beef with JLaw (except for the things on YFIP), but the fact that she's been de facto elected as the voice on body positivity can be attributed probably entirely to her social position. I have beef with the fact that we choose to watch her on tv, and youtube, and repost her on social networks, and talk about her, more than we would someone who says the exact same things but has less privilege or privilege in different areas.
In short: If you've functionally obtained Hollywood model status, and you want to talk about body positivity, that's fine, but you need to acknowledge your privilege. I understand that JLaw is not as thin as most actresses, but she is by no means a "fat actress" or "considered obese" or any of that, and even if she were, she's still white and non-disabled (and all of the other stuff on the privilege laundry list).
P.S. Thanks to these people for helping me find a non-ableist term for someone without a disability. "Abled" and "able bodied" are not preferable—"enabled" or "non-disabled" are better. Or at least, until I hear otherwise from someone better educated than me, 'cause I'm not that well educated on ableism.
Seriously though, I net like Jennifer Lawrence, even though she's said some problematic things, because at least she's trying. She doesn't seem to be trying that hard though? Like, I've said problematic things, but I still think I try pretty hard not to—she's just rubbing her butt on sacred rock formations like it ain't no thang?
ANYWAYS. I net like JLaw. Kind of. Or at least I like her better than some of the other public figures we have representing thin, non-disabled white women. But can we get some more representation please? I want to hear a WoC tell me to love my body. I want to hear a gender nonconforming person tell me to love my body. I want to hear a disabled person tell me to love my body. And considering how prevalent fat-shame is in our society's body-negative ways, I want to hear a fat person tell me to love my body.
Why isn't Mindy Kaling "America's sweetheart"?
Image: Mindy Kaling, in a navy blue dress with a gold zipper up the front, a grey ribbon around the waist, and pocket-like detailing that intentionally and overtly makes her hips look wider and her waist look smaller. Her hair is over both shoulders, side-parted and tucked behind one ear. She's raising an eyebrow and smiling slightly, with both arms behind her back. She's lit from left to right, standing in front of a pink background. She looks sassy a'f.
I have no beef with JLaw (except for the things on YFIP), but the fact that she's been de facto elected as the voice on body positivity can be attributed probably entirely to her social position. I have beef with the fact that we choose to watch her on tv, and youtube, and repost her on social networks, and talk about her, more than we would someone who says the exact same things but has less privilege or privilege in different areas.
In short: If you've functionally obtained Hollywood model status, and you want to talk about body positivity, that's fine, but you need to acknowledge your privilege. I understand that JLaw is not as thin as most actresses, but she is by no means a "fat actress" or "considered obese" or any of that, and even if she were, she's still white and non-disabled (and all of the other stuff on the privilege laundry list).
P.S. Thanks to these people for helping me find a non-ableist term for someone without a disability. "Abled" and "able bodied" are not preferable—"enabled" or "non-disabled" are better. Or at least, until I hear otherwise from someone better educated than me, 'cause I'm not that well educated on ableism.
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