Is the typical photo of an elderly woman at a demonstration holding a sign that says something like “I can’t believe I still have to protest this“Well, that’s exactly the phrase that comes to mind every time we see how someone is criticized for their physical appearance. In a culture where social networks have created a false sense of impunity behind the screen, which in turn has generated a collective thought of “I can respond to anything without any kind of filter”. A phenomenon that we are starting to notice more and more on TikTok, where dozens of derogatory comments about physique appear in many videos, but that we have been seeing on Twitter for years.

Totally, who will know it’s me if it’s an anonymous account and without any kind of photo? This phenomenon has a name: body shame or what is the same, embarrassing someone because of their physical appearance if we want to translate it into Spanish. Both because of his thinness and because of his fatness. A phenomenon that rises to infinity if the person you want to talk about is famous, totally, how was he supposed to find out? Since she’s famous, we can comment on her, right? spoilers: NOT.

Selena Gomez, victim of body shame again

The latest case of public mockery of a celebrities for his weight Selena Gomez. The singer impressively attended the Golden Globes ceremony on January 10 Valentino strapless dress on a red carpet where she was even joined by her little sister, Gacie Elliot. But alas your look like this and the beautiful family moment remained overshadowed by one problem: your weight.

And it is that since the singer put on weight a few years ago, there is always someone who, when she appears in public, takes the opportunity to ask herself things like “But what has Selena Gomez done to her face?” or “is she fat or is she pregnant?“. No, they are not two expressions that I came up with because I wanted to, they are tweet really that people have quietly written in their bills. Which is pretty sad.

on the one hand because the reason why Selena gained some weight is mainly medicalsince because of lupusan autoimmune disease that he has suffered from for years and even forced him to have an operation so that one of his best friends donated a kidney and for which he corticosteroids. A drug that, among many other side effects, can cause the so-called “full moon face”, which is nothing more than a swelling all over the face as we can see in the singer.

But on the other hand because just You don’t have to comment on someone’s body, regardless of the reason they lost or gained weight. It is something very dangerous that can even lead to the development of eating disorders or other types of diseases. There’s no need to go to the extreme of knowing it’s due to a medical condition, as happens to Selena Gomez in particular, to think and keep quiet.

Selena Gomez’s answer

However, the singer herself stated in a direct to her Instagram account, “I’m a little taller because I enjoyed the holidays.” Something that considering he spent a few days in Mexico a few weeks ago with the likes of Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz-Beckham, is a completely true story that takes us back to the same premise: It doesn’t matter what the reason is that you gain or stop gaining weight, we have nothing to say about it..

Not to mention that it is perfectly normal to arrive on vacation, so no one should “excuse themselves” as the singer “had to” do. A subject that even the actress dealt with rebel Wilson, who lost 30 kilos a few years ago and claimed in a publication this summer how we could not enjoy the holidays for fear of gaining weight. “I know what it’s like to feel guilty and unwell after overeating, but if you’re like me, know that YOU you are more than your weight, your weight does not define you‘ wrote the actress.