But when I say I love her, I mean it.
OK but she still looks like a model? What about the rest of us who donβt have the βrightβ body? Easy for her to say donβt worry about it.
Because sheβs fucking survived an eating disorder? Because beauty standards in the western world - especially in modelling and hollywood - say sheβs less attractive because sheβs not white? Because being beautiful doesnβt mean you FEEL beautiful, and because she puts her money where her mouth is and is a FIERCE advocate for doing away with the shit that means she theoretically has it βeasierβ bc of her appearance, because no woman should be considered better than another based on their appearance?
Donβt be a DICK, maybe.
Not to mention Jameela also lives with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which is hell on your joints and makes actingβa highly physical jobβeven more difficult. And yet, sheβs thriving. Sheβs amazing, and just because sheβs thinner than average doesnβt mean her body is perfectly abled.
Imagine showing that much of your ass about a disabled WOC who survived an eating disorder speaking up about unrealistic body standards.Β
Hell, even if she hadnβt dealt with all that shit, using her platform to talk about unrealistic body standards is what we expect everyone to do if theyβre being a good ally. Sheβs not even an ally β she lives in the trenches.Β
ugh.
She was also hit by a car in her teens (iirc?) and was told that she would never independently walk again, so she used a walker for a period of time. Sheβs spoken pretty openly about the way being visibly disabled (as opposed to less visible/invisible disability) affects mental health because of how able-bodied people donβt see disabled bodies as fully human. She looks how she looks now β admittedly so stunningly gorgeous that itβs the running joke on TGP how hot she is β but sheβs not just an ally talking out of her ass.
She also demands in any promotional material she does that she not be photoshopped, no covering up her stretch marks or skin bulges over the sides of her dress and stuff. Sheβs out here living up to her word and I applaud her for it
To look at an eating disorder survivor and dismiss their activism or hard work because in your opinion they βhave the right bodyβ is the grossest shit. My anorexia almost killed me so please please please stop commenting on peopleβs bodies. P E R I O D.
Sharing this with you all.Β The more I hear about Jameela Jamil, the more in awe of her I am.
The other side of βYouβre only saying that because youβre fatβ is βStop rubbing your pretty in my faceβ
If a fat person talks about surviving an eating disorder, they arenβt believed or βOh, but if you lost weight youβd be HEALTHIERβ even if theyβre literally talking about how it almost killed them.
If a thin person talks about surviving an eating disorder, βOh but youβre beautifulβ/βBut you already look like a modelβ/etc
It just sure seems really convenient that apparently β¦ nobody gets to talk about eating disorders? Weird.
She also is very honest that body positivity was pioneered by fat women for fat women. She talks a lot about body neutrality and tries to promote body positivity without appropriating it.Β
Sheβs definitely still a human being and has made mistakes, but to me it looks like a clear progression on her part to embrace and promote feminism in a very honest, articulate, and self-aware way.Β
