Tash Oakley Drags The Daily Mail For Their Shitty Body-Shaming ‘Exposé’

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July 15, 2016

Holy body-shaming bullcrap, Batman!

The Daily Mail decided to do a profile on high-profile fashion blogger Natasha Oakley. That sounds cool, right? A article specifically to focus on a woman who has received a huge amount of success after building a company and establishing a prominent profile from the ground up? She’s done some cool shit, and those achievements deserve coverage, imo.

Instead, Daily Mail decided to do some kind of bizarre ‘exposé’ about Oakley‘s body based on some photos of her in a bikini at the beach.

The author of the piece, Danielle Gusmaroli, honed in on the fact that Oakley poses in particular ways in Instagram photos make her look slimmer and more toned. Y’know… just like everyone else does. Gusmaroli also shamelessly makes sure to drive home the fact that the blogger has cellulite on her thighs – just like almost every other woman on earth.

Oakley decided to call out the writer on her Instagram account, saying that she ‘would like to make Danielle Gusmaroli answerable for her hurtful and insensitive words’:

“Danielle who works for @dailymailau decided to write an entire article based on finding horrible paparazzi photos of me with cellulite and putting me down about my figure. She is now in my mind an exact representation of what is wrong in the world and what a woman should never aspire to be.

The fact that woman made it her career to put others down sickens me and any other woman who has ever commented something bad on another woman’s photo, put someone down for there physical appearance or bullied someone for something natural, should be ashamed of themselves.

I for one love my body, I work hard, I live a healthy lifestyle and proud of what I see in these photos.”

Firstly I just want to personally say thank you to this grounded and amazing woman, @gratitude_project, for making my morning this morning with your kind and supportive words. Secondly, you guys know I don’t usually use my social media to personally call people out but I would like to make Danielle Gusmaroli answerable for her hurtful and insensitive words. Danielle who works for @dailymailau decided to write an entire article based on finding horrible paparazzi photos of me with cellulite and putting me down about my figure. She is now in my mind an exact representation of what is wrong in the world and what a woman should never aspire to be. @gratitude_project couldn’t have said it better “can’t we support each other, celebrate each other and come from love?”. The fact that woman made it her career to put others down sickens me and any other woman who has ever commented something bad on another woman’s photo, put someone down for there physical appearance or bullied someone for something natural, should be ashamed of themselves. I for one love my body, I work hard, I live a healthy lifestyle and proud of what I see in these photos. All women should feel this way and should feel free and happy within their own lives, not as if they constantly have to be living up to other people’s standards or society’s idea of “beauty”. All of my most “beautiful” memories have been nothing to do with physical appearance, they have been with my family, my best friends, my boyfriend, laughing, working hard or even crying. Danielle, this is a shameful day for you and I hope you and others can realize that your contribution to this world is very uninspiring and negative. Oh, and thank you for also choosing to bully my best friend @devinbrugman in the end, as if I was enough for you.

A photo posted by Natasha Oakley (@tashoakley) on Jul 13, 2016 at 6:29am PDT

There’s something very malicious about pointing out parts of a human being’s appearance that you deem to be unacceptable. It’s insanely damaging, and it’s inexcusable – everyone is entitled to post images of themselves in what they feel to be is their best light.

Because why the fuck not? It’s their body, and a person liking how they look – whether it’s within conventional standards of beauty or not – is not a damn crime. In fact, it’s bloody fantastic.

Here’s a crazy idea: how about we do our very best to create a world where we build one another up and support each other, rather than try to bring one another down? Yeah? Sound good? Okay.