Yesterday, Rosie Waterland posted a naked picture of herself on the internet. With that image, she wrote a powerful post about why she felt the need to bare everything. You can read that remarkable post here.
The image ruffled a few feathers, so Rosie has responded to the reaction in her signature style.
Rosie writes…
Why write about how important it is not to focus on physical appearance, and then attach a naked photo of yourself?
Good question hahahaha.
So… This whole nudie pic thing became a much bigger deal than what I anticipated! Your reaction has been overwhelming and lovely. I will say this though:
I get that it may seem counterintuitive to post a status about how appearance shouldn’t matter, and then attach a naked photo of myself. I get that. I thought a lot about that before I posted it actually. I mean, if the physical really doesn’t matter and I don’t want it to be an issue, why did I put up a photo that very clearly made it an issue? Well, I had a message to get across I guess, and being a bigger woman, I felt like I was in a somewhat unique position to do so visually.
I have been seeing so many women, much thinner than me, constantly talking about how they’ve achieved things in life in spite of their flaws. The thing that bothers me about that discourse, is that ‘flaws’ are even being talked about at all, and so damn often. Why is the physical always so important? So high on the agenda? There just seems to be this overarching attitude that the physical should always be top on the list of values and priorities and attention.
That’s why I posted the status and photo.
2015 was a huge year for Rosie Waterland (post continues after video):
Top Comments
There's a whole lotta guts inside that big flabby belly. Good on you Rosie, I for one love what you said and how you said it. And I for one feel a whole lot better about my whole self as a result. Thankyou.
Rosie, whether you are naked or someone else is naked, regardless of body shape I consider it is oversharing. We all know that not everyone has the body of a supermodel so we don't NEED to see your bits. I look at my body everyday, I know I am not a supermodel and I'm not obsessing about it. I don't feel any need to put a selfie out there and I don't need to see your bits to feel better about myself.
If someone has major body image issues looking at your bits is not going to help them as people make upwards comparisons( comparing themselves to models) rather than comparing themselves to ordinary mortals with fat and cellulite.
Selfies, to me, seem to be a bit "Look at Moi" attention getters.