But by calling her brave, we diminish that. Yes, her picture (and its accompanying caption) is ridiculously inspiring, and photos like hers allow other women the much-needed reassurance that all bodies are amazing and worthy of love.
Kane looks absolutely stunning in her photo - but more importantly, she looks confident and happy. Calling a woman “brave” for showing her body implies that her existence is somehow less admirable for not adhering to (or caring about) a very narrow standard of beauty. All women, regardless of their weight (or any other factor), should be allowed to wear whatever they please. All too often, the reaction to women who don’t adhere to society’s definition of the “perfect body” is that they are being brave when they choose to show it - but we need to challenge that notion. “Your happiness will suffer in exchange to make someone else more comfortable with THEIR own issues.”
“What if we let the critics in our head win?” Kane wrote in a follow-up blog post.
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