Right now, the world is divided into two: those who hate Kim Kardashian and everything she stands for, and those who are against slut-shaming and believe women should be free to celebrate their sexuality however they choose.
These beliefs should not be mutually exclusive – newsflash: you can be indifferent to Kimmy K and her social dominance and still be opposed to slut-shaming – but, somehow, they are.
Amber Rose, herself an anti-slut-shaming advocate and recently reconciled acquaintance of Kim, came on the attack against a third player in this war, Pink, who entered into the fray with a few words about when and where nudity is appropriate.
In fairness, she doesn’t mention Kim by name, but either this is the most unfortunately timed message in the history of Twitter, or she’s referring to the nudity / slut-shaming furore dominating conversations at the mo’.
— P!nk (@Pink) March 9, 2016
Amber Rose posted a screenshot of Pink’s tweet to Instagram and raised a pretty solid point of when is nudity okay, and when is it not? There’s something deeply unsettling when we lift women up for their looks, but once they cross some invisible, wandering line, we tear them back down.
“Damn Pink we were all born naked society sexualises our breast and bodies (sic),” she wrote. “If a grown mother of 2 is comfortable with her body and wants to show it off that’s none of ur business or anyone else’s. Now, if u wanna talk to kids and be a mentor to young teens, tell them to go to school and to not use their bodies to get ahead?! I’m all for it! But please as a grown woman let another grown woman live as she wishes. That’s our problem! We’re so quick to down each other instead of uplifting! Pink, We’ve seen u damn near naked swinging from a rope (Beautifully) but what’s the difference between a rope, a pole and a pic on Instagram? Classism. Because u sing while ur half naked does that make it “Classy” or is it because u have a “talent”? I’m not dissing at all Pink just curious after u said “You’ll never have to make a silly excuse for yourself”.
Amber then posted a follow-up message of support for Kim and invited her to next year’s Slut Walk.
Goddamn preach.
Source / Photo: Instagram / Twitter.
