To say being a woman in today’s Instagram-driven, near-body perfect world is nearly impossible.
It’s bad enough when you are bombarded seemingly non-stop by images of models in magazines, television and online, but the seemingly unfair and unrealistic expectations to maintain model-like figures after giving birth.
Sad to say, but because of these unfair and hyper-unrealistic standards, body-shaming has not only been given a platform, but a reason to make women—especially new ones—feel even more self-conscious about themselves.
One such woman and mother, refused to let a body-shamer get away with it though.
Emma Kivell, a Manchester, England-based survivor of cervical cancer and campaigner and fundraiser for Jo’s Trust, a UK-based charity dedicated to supporting women affected by cervical cancer and other various abnormalities, took umbrage in calling out British reality star Gary Beadle—aka GAZ—from Geordie Shore for his recent comments on Twitter about new mothers and pregnancy weight.
Per some of the screenshots from Twitter, Kivell would not let up, as she would lay into him over the rest of his comments regarding metabolism, women’s weight issues and proverbial misogyny.
Wow read the comments of @GazGShore about new mothers and pregnancy weight let’s get this straight some women have faster metabolism then others, age is also another one, and maybe your partner was so lucky she didn’t even show when she was about to give birth, don’t comment
— emma kivell (@rainbowshera) January 27, 2018
Wow read the comments of @GazGShore about new mothers and pregnancy weight let’s get this straight some women have faster metabolism then others, age is also another one, and maybe your partner was so lucky she didn’t even show when she was about to give birth, don’t comment
— emma kivell (@rainbowshera) January 27, 2018
Clearly, GAZ must not have liked how Kivell was taking him to task, as he would later block her shortly after.
Awwww poor #garybeadle didn’t like my reply to his stupid comments about new mothers, maybe he actually wants to do something else than being famous for shagging about than making new mothers feel ashamed about themselves and their bodies, the stupid narrow minded prick pic.twitter.com/Qsd7gjdZJK
— emma kivell (@rainbowshera) January 27, 2018
In case you are keeping score at home; Kivell 1. GAZ 0
More on this story to come later, so stay tuned!
INSCMagazine will be contacting both parties for comment in due course.