Another serious post from yours truly! Just want to point out I don't really 'know' Kim Kardashian too well and my views are just of the PHOTO and not her as a person, also everyone is entitled to their OWN opinion, and yes I do know that she can do whatever makes her happy as everyone can!
Kim Kardashian: TV star, model, writer, fashion designer,
entrepreneur and…outrageous (to say the least). Everybody seems to have heard
of Kim K; people know she’s famous but don’t really know how or what for, the answer:
a leaked sex tape.
On November 12th social media and other pockets
of the internet were flooded with people’s reactions of a new photo of the
reality star which showed her smothered in oil, wearing nothing but long black
gloves and holding up a black dress just below her derriere, she wears minimal
make up and her hair is tied back in a high top knot meaning all attention is
focused on her infamous behind.
The photos were from a photoshoot for Paper magazine’s
website which were accompanied by the words ‘Break The Internet’ which trended
worldwide on Twitter. Within minutes of the photos being liked, shared and
favourited the internet was overrun with hilarious parodies of the image. Popular
parodies included Kim being made into a centaur, hotdog and a Simpson’s character, comedienne Chelsea Handler even posted a photo
imitating the reality star with the caption ‘Guess which one’s real.’
The photo may come as somewhat of a surprise to many because 3 years ago
she swore she’d never do a nude photo again, which begs the question: why did
she do it? Attention, money, awe, hate and fame are just a few possible
reasons.
Among the many tweets supporting, ridiculing and challenging
Kim Kardashian were actress Jasmine Lennard’s who tweeted ‘Where was the baby
while she shot that disgusting cover?’ and ‘It’s officially gone too far, is
Kim K what you want your daughters to aspire to?’ This is quite a fair and
valid point: let’s not forget that Kim Kardashian is actually a Mother of a
year and a half old daughter (North West) as well as being a wife to the rapper
Kanye West - is she really the best role model for her daughter?
Another Twitter user wrote: 'I'm not sure if Kim Kardashian respects
herself, her body, her privacy, or anything for that matter.’ It would seem
that this is very much the case as she doesn’t seem to have taken into account
the fact that someday her daughter could see those photos of her own Mother as
well as the sex tape…
Piers Morgan has
noticeably come out to defend the TV star and suggested women resent
Kim for her fame and money, yet women’s reactions to the explicit photo would
insinuate they are more ANGRY at the fact she doesn’t give Mothers a good or
responsible name (or image) and is most definitely not a good role model – let’s
not forget her 72 DAY marriage and the fact that her ‘fame’ came as a result of
a leaked sex tape. Morgan then went on
to compare the photo to the first man landing on the moon and Mandela’s release
from prison, is he really implying that yet another nude of Kim K is a historic
event?!
It’s people like
Kim which are the reason why so many girls and women feel insecure about their
body. The photo borders on pornography, so why is it so readily available to
access? Does it empower women in society
or make them feel irrelevant because they don’t look like Kim? Do all men now
want and expect women to look like her? Instead of ‘breaking the internet’ Kim
seems to have created a definite divide between men and women, women are
disgusted whilst men (like Piers Morgan) seem to be celebrating over the
photos.
What did you think of the photos?
Abi :)
