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Adele has lost weight. A lot of weight. She is also an established, successful recording artist. She has numerous awards including Grammy’s, Brit awards, Golden Globe, Billboard Music awards… She has released 3 albums and more. She is a formidable talent, a strong mother, forging a career in a brutal industry that places enormous pressure on artists, especially women to look and certain way, to be desirable, half naked and thin. Adele has successfully bucked all of this and is the epitome of class, style, elegance, integrity and she has a wicked sense of humour. She has also for most of her career been what society considers, overweight. So the weight loss. She looks wonderful but then again she always has. I say good for her if it was important to her to improve her health and to change the shape of her body. I hope it has nothing to do with a bunch of keyboard warriors relentlessly condemning her for being larger than what they think she should be (hypocritically regardless of how they themselves may look) What is so typical and boring is how excited media/social media gets when a woman loses weight. It is as if the weight loss is their biggest accomplishment. Now come on. Adele is phenomenal, size 14 or size 8. Who gives a fuck. Celebrate how much of a strong, talented, smart woman she is. Can we once and for all stop commenting on women’s bodies. Can we please get past it? There is not a woman on earth who avoids this. I vividly remember boys and men commenting on my appearance throughout my life, letting me know what was good and bad about it. Yawn. There are currently protests going on in Australia against the Covid lockdowns and footage emerged of a woman who had her young son with her, being arrested. The footage is harrowing; the boy is clearly traumatised. I absolutely believe she has the right to peacefully protest, which is what she was doing. She also probably shouldn’t have had her son with her and probably shouldn’t be protesting while Covid is kicking our arses. However whilst reading some comments about it on social media, some people were commenting on her appearance, criticising her for having Botox. What the fuck does her face have to do with anything, who cares if she has Botox, how does anyone know she has Botox, fillers or a face lift and why is it worth mentioning. Grow up. This is yet another example of what women face everyday of their lives. We are not allowed to simply exist. We are constantly told how we must look and behave. I tell you if she was older and has jowls she would have been criticised for that. We are never enough. I am so tired of it; I look at my amazing daughter and just think we must do better. I want her to know she is perfect the way she is, everyday and forever. But what a battlefield she will face as she grows up and navigates the world. I only hope I can help to make it a little easier for her. And while we are at it, don’t shame yourself if you put on a kilo or two or three throughout isolation. It is ok, you are ok, you are perfect. No more fat jokes. No more fat shaming. Peace |
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