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We want to encourage people who have different sizes, shapes, skin tones to take up space so that you can see it's OK to be unapologetic about showing up in the world that way." More on celebrities and body image The more that we see that in media, whether it be via social media or Hollywood, it'll become less shocking. Helping people become more accepting of their own bodies and realizing that it's OK to take up space. "It's really about our society becoming more acceptable of women being comfortable with their bodies," she adds. "That's what the work of people who are doing body liberation, fat liberation, body acceptance work: that's what it's all about. "I am the beauty standard. … I'm sorry that my perfect face and rocking body offends you."Ī post shared by Gwyneth Paltrow progress can come by way of inviting other women to "find your own value in your body" and defining "your own worth," Felicia says. "You know what I realized? I am (expletive) gorgeous," Lizzo said in a video responding to hateful comments on a recent nude photo post. And the fact that there aren't many notable examples of women older than them who have done the same further speaks to the way culture has historically punished bigger women for existing in their bodies, which younger generations are trying to rectify. Though they're in their 30s, singer Lizzo and model Ashley Graham exemplify that double standard: Both are plus-size women who face criticism and hateful comments for sharing photos of their naked bodies.
"When it comes to beauty standards, the closer you are to that standard, which is having a thin, white, able body, then you're considered to be more valuable," says Felicia. "The farther away you are from those standards, the more marginalized you become as a person." But there's a certain level of privilege that celebrities who in their younger years exemplified ideal standards of beauty still carry even as they age. Sure, stars like Paltrow or Stewart might get praise and admiration from the public for showing off their bodies. Not all celebrity nudes are created equal. And because there's the assumption that as women get older they become less beautiful and less desirable, then there's the assumption that we should stop showing our bodies because we're no longer desirable." There's a double standard when it comes to thin vs. As women age, those messages become even stronger. "There's a need for us to measure up to social beauty and body standards in order to be accepted and to be considered valuable and worthy. "The message most women get is that our beauty is predicated upon the male gaze," says Ivy Felicia, a body image and holistic wellness coach. But regardless, experts say, their courage to challenge social norms invites others to exercise their body autonomy.
"It's really a backlash against our cultural obsession with youth and … a nice message to send to women that this is something we should accept and embrace and we don't need to combat it or fight it."Ī post shared by Halle Berry course, major stars who have easier access to beauty treatments, trainers and plastic surgery might feel more comfortable aging than others because they have the resources to look more youthful. "It goes against societal messaging that youth is the most attractive way of being," says Meghan Gillen, associate professor of psychology at Penn State Abington, who studies developmental psychology and body image. Historically, women who reach 50, whether in Hollywood or not, have been relegated to lives of long sleeves, turtlenecks and portraying motherly figures. Stars posting photos like these are changing that narrative, body image experts say. "I do what I wanna do," Berry recently captioned an Instagram photo that showed her standing naked on a balcony sipping wine.īody positivity experts say it's a welcome change to see older women celebrating their bodies, but the next step is for it stop making news headlines each time they do. We're not quite there yet. Stars including Gwyneth Paltrow, 50 Halle Berry, 56 Paulina Porizkova, 58 Jennifer Lopez, 53 Martha Stewart, 81 and more drum up significant attention when they post a nude photo on social media.
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