This year's halftime show for the Superbowl LI, Lady Gaga succeeded in entertaining everyone by singing many of her most popular songs (including one of her new songs), singing the national anthem, dancing non-stop, flying from the ceiling, and catching a football thrown to her while jumping off the stage. It was extremely fun to watch, but of course there are still people out there who feel the need to criticize everything about everyone.
In this case, those hateful people decided to body shame Lady Gaga, even though in my opinion there is absolutely nothing to shame her for because she is very fit. They were criticizing the fact that she wore an outfit that revealed her stomach.But most of those people probably don't know that she actually suffered (but luckily recovered) from very serious eating disorders, anorexia and bulimia, beginning when she was 15.
When Lady Gaga was informed of this body shaming directed towards her, she posted this online for her fans (and the people criticizing her) to see-
"I heard my body is a topic of conversation so I wanted to say, I'm proud of my body and you should be proud of yours too. No matter who you are or what you do. I could give you a million reasons why you don't need to cater to anyone or anything to succeed. Be you, and be relentlessly you. That's the stuff of champions. thank you so much everyone for supporting me. I love you guys. Xoxo, gaga "
So instead of trying to fight back, she showed all the body shamers that she isn't concerned with what they think of her body because she is completely and totally happy with it, and encouraged others to be happy with theirs too. This is very important because she is a survivor of eating disorders, so she is a very big inspiration to those still suffering, and is showing them that they will be okay if they accept themselves and don't let other people's opinions bother them.
I was as shocked as you that people sought to shame Lady Gaga in that way. I hope there comes a time within this culture of outrage when people understand the destructive potential of words and come to focus on improving themselves instead of tearing others down. --Mr. Johnson
ReplyDeleteI thought that Lady Gaga was AMAZING during the halftime show and she is fit as can be. I'm glad you wrote about this topic because I was so upset that this happened to her. I hope that one day we live in a world where we ONLY lift each other up. ~ Mrs. Kopp
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