ONE ON ONE
Skorch
ONE ON ONE
Vol. 13 Issue 12 fev 2017 | SKORCHMAG. COM | 18
I will say I have been very pleasantly surprised at the support the body positive movement
IF YOU COULD TURN BACK TIME, WHAT WOULDN’ T YOU DO?
Hmmm... well of course I do have regrets, but I don’ t dwell much on them; the point of the regret is the lesson you take away from it, not the wallowing in guilt or embarrassment. I would have wised up earlier about who has an evil heart in this business, I definitely let a few trolls use and abuse me in London before I learned to see through a certain kind of personality( which is sadly all too common in fashion.)
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH TROLLS AND FAT SHAMING?
Maybe I shouldn’ t say this out loud, but I have been very lucky – I have had very few examples of fat shaming on social media. I can’ t say the same for most of my colleagues sadly. On an interpersonal level I know that when people body shame or throw hatred at a stranger for no reason, they are deeply unhappy and self-hating inside. I will say I have been very pleasantly surprised at the support the body positive movement has gotten from the bodybuilding community! I will admit I expected them to fat shame us more than anything, but the love and support I’ ve gotten from super fit women just on the BodyLove Campaign alone has been amazing!( I participated in BodyLove by Silvana Denker in NYC during NYFW).