So in the past on my Facebook page I have expressed strong opinions on how cruel the media was being to Jessica Simpson during her pregnancy. I've always had a fondness for her for a number of reasons, so when she started getting picked apart I got a little pissy.
For starters I found it absolutely stupid that the media picked on her and called her fat. I'm sorry she didn't feel the need to diet and stay stick thin while pregnant. To me she represented what a real, everyday pregnant women is. She was honest about her weight gain and about her cravings. She was not shy to talk about it and I felt she was kind of a role model for us preggies that are sitting at home being all self conscious. Yes, you should try and be as healthy as possible when you are pregnant for the benefit of the baby. See what I said there? For the benefit of the BABY. Not your pride or your figure. The message I was getting from her was to embrace being pregnant and screw what anyone says. So what if your once sexy strut is now a waddle. Own it ladies!
Since being a hoard of greedy vultures is what the press does best I wasn't overly surprised at all of the blatant criticism. It's an unfortunate side effect of being successful and in the spotlight. The part that did shock me was the innumerable comments left by women that were just being outright bitchy. Instead of support for their fellow pregnant woman they were totally on board with picking her apart like a bunch of assholes. Seriously people? I doubt all of your commentary was because you were concerned about her baby. I honestly had to wonder how many of these anonymous keyboard critics had actually been pregnant. Did they know what it feels like to feel swollen, puffy, exhausted, absent minded, clumsy, and just over all pregnant? I'm going through it right now and if anyone said half the stuff about me that they were saying about her I would tell them to sit and rotate with vigor til they caught fire.
So her little darling has been born and I'm thinking that the bullshittery will stop because this is supposed to be a happy time in a momma's life. She is supposed to be fussing over her little bundle and feeling the joy and sheer exhaustion that comes from having a new little squee in her life. Oh how very wrong I was. I saw yet another report wondering about when she was going to lose the weight. How was she going to do it? Why is she so shocked about how different her body is? I'm not sure if this shit is written by men or just inexperienced women who toe the fine line of ignorance into stupidity. News flash to the non-mommies, we don't know what our bodies are going to do. Some women drop all the weight and then some. Others keep it and have to work to take it back off if they so choose. Dear sweet mother of monkey balls LET THE WOMAN ENJOY HER BABY. She had a c-section, she is not just gonna ignore her baby and jump into a workout routine. Apparently she is also catching criticism for having sex before the 6 week restriction mark. I know it's a doctors order but who really waits all six weeks? I will be honest and say I didn't. My doctor just wanted to make sure I was being safe about it so I didn't have another bundle in 9 months.
All in all I just want to point out that we ladies need to support each other as women and mothers. Why do we pick each other apart because of pants size? It should not matter if you're a 2 or a 20 as long as you love yourself. It's all beautiful. Be happy with yourself and someone will love you for all you. Love it, own it, and strut it no matter the size.
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