Whether you love her or hate her, Kim Kardashian is a crusader for body empowerment and sexual liberation. After posting a nude selfie, that in a very Kardashian fashion was super sexy, she received a lot of hate from some celebrities. Having had enough with the twitter hate, she took to her website to write a poignant essay about her body and sexuality.
“I am empowered by my body. I am empowered by my sexuality.” she wrote. She believes that through the opportunities she has been given she has been able to show women that they should be empowered through their bodies, and not ashamed. That fierceness has been inspirational or at least defensible to some, but not for others. In a sadly predictable chain of events, Kardashian’s selfie has sparked some very tired controversy.
Here is a roundup of her supporters and her detractors, starting with the people against the nude mother:
Against:
The latest body-shaming comments come from Pierce Morgan, who took to twitter this morning to defend himself:
Kardashian responded:
Bette Midler, seems to be the first one who sparked the twitter backlash with this tweet:
Kardashian jokingly replied to the Midler with:
Chloë Grace Moritz tweeted shortly after Midler, saying:
In the best clap-back that has been made into some incredible memes, Kardashian replied:
Although, there has been some predictably hateful body-shaming comments, many of her fellow friends and celebs have come to her defense.
The Supporters:
Demi Lovato posted this cute illustration:
Ariel Winter pointed out the ridiculous double-standard women face:
No one was body shaming @justinbieber when he posted his nude guitar photo so why @KimKardashian? #herbodyherchoice#InternationalWomensDay— Ariel Winter (@arielwinter1) March 8, 2016
Bella Thorne pointed out the obvious:
Rowan Blanchard gave twitter a brief art history lesson:
Miley Cyrus asked everyone to call it quits:
And even Amber Rose stuck up for Kardashian after Pink seemed to have chimed into the conversation:
As Kardashian so eloquently put in her essay “It’s 2016. The body-shaming and slut-shaming — it’s like, enough is enough. I will not live my life dictated by the issues you have with my sexuality. You be you and let me be me. I am a mother. I am a wife, a sister, a daughter, an entrepreneur and I am allowed to be sexy.”