Current events II

In April 2022, singer Camila Cabello was photographed at the beach by the paparazzi. She has opened about her body image struggles and took to Instagram to share a few thoughts. She said whenever she is on that beach, the paps manage to find her and take pictures. She then sees the pictures online and the comments under them and it makes her upset. 

“I reminded myself when it impacted my self-esteem, that I was thinking the culture's thoughts and not my own. A culture who has gotten so used to an image of what a ‘healthy’ woman's body looks like that is completely not real for a lot of women” (Tannenbaum, 2022).

Social media had heavily impacted this culture and she makes it clear when she continues,

“Photoshop, restrictive eating, over-exercising, and choosing angles that make our bodies look different than how they are in the moment and in their natural form, when we take a deep breath, when we eat a meal, when we allow the waves to tussles around. I remind myself of this, listen to podcasts on intuitive eating, follow women who accepted their cellulite, stretch marks, bellies, bloating, and weight fluctuations…and still. I'm a single woman in her 20s in the middle of a shit ton of promo and I want to feel like I look good” (Tannenbaum, 2022).

Reference:

Tannenbaum, E. (2022). Camila Cabello shared a passionate message about body image after an upsetting paparazzi experience. Glamour. https://www.glamour.com/story/camila-cabello-shared-a-passionate-message-about-body-image-after-an-upsetting-paparazzi-experience