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Quit Hating On Kim Kardashian-West's Nude Selfies
Kim Kardashian-West’s latest nude selfie didn’t just break the Internet. This time, it shattered a whole city to pieces. Australian street artist Lush Sux transformed the blank side of a Melbourne building’s wall into a canvas for a 3-story mural of Kim's recent naked-yet-censor-barred selfie. Residents didn’t take kindly to the risque sight that appeared over night without any permission from the city. It only lasted 8 hours until someone vandalized it by spray-painting the word “SLUT” in all caps over the lower censor bar covering her not-so-private part.
In Kim Kardashian-West’s own words: “It’s 2016. The body-shaming and slut-shaming — it’s like, enough is enough.” You see, the stranger didn’t just call her a slut; they called her a SLUT. The attack was more than indignation over waking up to find indecent exposure; it was an assault on her gender, her sexuality, and her independent ability to appreciate her body on her own terms. Out of all the words someone could choose to place on the mural, they chose to write “slut” for the same reasons why music artist Pink issued Kim an indirect Twitter diss. Around the time when the naked selfie was buzzing up the Internet, the music artist Pink tweeted, “Shout out to all of the women, across the world, using their brains, their strength, their work ethic, their talent, their ‘magic’ that they were born with, that only they possess. It may not ever bring you as much ‘attention’ or bank notes as using your body, your sex, your tits and asses, but women like you don’t need that kind of ‘attention.” Pink’s words reflect the opinion that Kim has somehow cheapened herself for flaunting her body and being sexual. Lush Sux commented to BuzzFeed that “[the slut-shaming vandalism] was a given, considering the subject matter.” He also feels “bummed that people didn’t get more of a chance to interact with it and that someone felt the dire need to spray ‘slut’ across it.” Obviously, Kim Kardashian-West does not agree with this problematic way of thinking. In honor of International Women’s Day, she composed an essay-styled response to her haters. “I am empowered by my body. I am empowered by my sexuality,” Kardashian-West explained in the essay. “I am empowered by feeling comfortable in my skin.” Kim Kardashian-West brand’s of empowerment threatens that norm with the notion that it’s totally fine for women to celebrate their bodies and their sexuality on our own terms. Empowerment comes in all kinds of shapes, sizes, and forms. Selfies are a popular method of empowerment. The distribution of power is what differentiates empowerment and objectification. Kardashian-West snapped this picture herself and proudly shared it on social media. Naked women don’t exist to give sexual pleasure to others. Quite frankly, Kim’s not the one reducing herself down to a body. It’s other people who beheld her naked glory and decided she was somehow lesser for it. Kim Kardashian-West isn’t getting slut-shamed not only by Twitter trolls for being naked on the Internet. She’s also being criticized for exclusively pandering to the male gaze and perpetuating the toxic idea that the worth of women lies in our appearances. As though she can’t appreciate her body without the male gaze in mind. When someone slut-shames Kim Kardashian-West's nude selfie, they've shifted their focus to what men think of her naked body at the expense of any other motivations she might have had when she posted it. They erase her desire to love and embrace her body on her own terms. Think about it: What is Kim doing that’s necessarily wrong or harmful here? She took a picture of herself naked and shared it with the world. What’s so bad about that? Why should her sexuality only be referenced in terms of how men relate to it? It’s not like she leaked someone’s sex tape that the media continues to harp on even 13 years after the fact. She was “feeling her look” and snapped a selfie without cropping her daughter, North West, out of the picture or performing some sketchy photoshop operations. Yes, she might be “guilty” of wanting attention. But quite frankly, she went about getting it in a way that didn’t hurt anyone. Kim Kardashian-West should not have to apologize for being proud of her body in the buff. If our world didn't have such a problem with sexuality and women, then Kim Kardashian-West wouldn't even feel pressured to justify her naked selfies to anyone. #Real #GhiaVitale #KimKardashianWest #Feminism #LeaveKimAlone #SexySelfies #Nudity #BodyPositivity #SelfLove Visit our shop and subscribe. Sponsor us. Submit and become a contributor. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. CommentsComments are closed.
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