A blogger, famed for posting naked pictures of herself, is whining she has developed a ‘skinny girl complex’ and is even attempting to claim that slim women such as herself get just as much body shaming online as their larger counterparts.
Jessa O’Brian, 28, of the Gold Coast in Australia, gave such harrowing ‘examples of body-shaming I have personally experienced’ such as followers who told her ‘if i looked like that, if be posting naked photos too.’
‘Of course she is comfortable naked, she’s skinny,’ another commenter allegedly wrote, while O’Brian added that when she complained about being cold all the time, she’d been advised to eat a little more.
Jessa O’Brian is whining she has developed a ‘skinny girl complex’ and is even attempting to claim that slim women such as herself get just as much body shaming online as their larger counterparts
In comparison, plus size models report they suffer vile and even death threats on an almost daily basis.
Iskra Lawrence, 25, a British model who lives between New York and London, and wears a US size 10, revealed recently she is routinely branded ‘disgusting’ and a ‘fat cow’ and even had one troll threaten to kill her in response to her photos.
Yet O’Brian – who goes under the name The Nude Blogger – is complaining that she suffers from a ‘perverse double standard’ that has left her with a ‘skinny girl’ complex.
‘As a society we have been taught that it is ‘rude’ to so openly and casually call someone ‘fat’, and so we avoid doing so in order not to be offensive. We even tiptoe around the word in conversation if someone close by is fat. Some of us may even use the word to intentionally offend someone because, sadly, many of us have been conditioned to think that being fat is not considered physically desirable.
‘On the other hand…I frequently have people around me blatantly state, ‘You’re so skinny’. No one bats an eyelid. If anything, other people may actually chime in and emphasise the point (sic).
O’Brian, 28, of the Gold Coast in Australia, gave ‘examples of body-shaming I have personally experienced’ such as followers who told her ‘if i looked like that, if be posting naked photos too’
‘Another example is that I really feel the cold, and more often than not people will say, ‘Put on some more weight and you won’t feel the cold!’ Imagine if I retorted with, ‘Lose some weight and you won’t feel so hot!’ Totally different story…but, this is my reality…and the reality of so many others. This is, basically, the double-standard that has given me a ‘skinny girl complex’.
The ‘model’ concedes the fact that ‘skinny’ is still seen as the desirable body type in entertainment, fashion and the media – and is catered to by the vast majority of clothing stores and designers.
While many consider the word ‘skinny’ to be aspirational, the word ‘fat’ remains laden with negativity and could be seen as an insult by many.
O’Brian claims that the fact that ‘skinny’ has been promoted as ideal for so long means people will use the word to describe people such as herself ‘not thinking of this to be offensive or inappropriate…thus the double standard!’
The 28-year-old even gripes about the recent body positivity campaigns to embrace all kinds of body shapes – not just the slim aesthetic many are used to seeing on billboards and ads.
O’Brian claims that the fact that ‘skinny’ has been promoted as ideal for so long means people will use the word to describe people such as herself ‘not thinking of this to be offensive or inappropriate…thus the double standard!’
Such campaigns in recent years mean that plus sized women are finally beginning to see themselves reflected in fashion, film and in stores – although they are still vastly unrepresented.
They may even help to readdress the fact that many overweight people are discriminated against – with studies showing that fat people earn less than their thin counterparts, and are less likely to get hired or promoted. They are also more likley to be bullied and less likley to get married, research shows.
Yet the tone deaf blog complains that this rebalance, ‘is great and all… we cannot shut our eyes to this perverse double standard that has been created and exacerbated as a result.’