It’s open season on celebrities, sending toxic messages about our own imperfect bodies
ody shaming – it wouldn’t be a British summer without it. It’s that time of year when you can’t move for media images of famous people, generally women, in their swimwear, prompting inevitable public commentary. Is she wearing a bikini? At her age? At that weight? Shouldn’t she be in a one-piece? Isn’t it all a bit undignified? On and on it goes. There are vested interests in making those near-naked bodies feel as if they’re your business.
Then the long lenses come out with a vengeance. Scanning stomachs for signs of droop. Zooming in on buttocks to catch high-definition sag. If imperfections aren’t there, make it look as if they are. Great if they’re on a yacht, looking rich . Best of all, if they’re clad in a bikini, completely oblivious to the cameras. Bending over to lay towels. Twisting to apply sun lotion. Heaving themselves clumsily out of the water. Slumping without a thought for stomach rolls.
You’d think that Hamlet got it wrong: to wear a bikini, or not to wear a bikini, that is the question Women don’t exclusively own body issues . Still, the summer takedown photo-dump appears to be a media phenomenon that’s almost entirely devoted to women. You might get the odd beach shot of a famous male looking paunchy in flip-flops, but as yet, there isn’t a dedicated wing of popular culture telling men they’re too old for their Speedos.
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