This photo of Amy Schumer inspired an open letter.
"First of all, you, my dear, fellow with br ea sts, a butt and a nice belly, you are a breath of fresh air."
The comparison between the Greek goddess Aphrodite and the comedian Amy Schumer provoked in Vicki Rox the desire to make an open letter dedicated to the belly of the comedian. Through an extensive text, the columnist details how Schumer has inspired her to love her own skin more.
The message is titled "How you, Amy Schumer, gave me the confidence to love my belly" and highlights the work the actress has done around normalizing the view of extra pounds as healthy rather than ugly.
"First of all, you, my dear, fellow with breasts, a butt and a nice belly, you are a breath of fresh air."
Vicky explains that she began writing the letter after a photo posted on Amy's profile on Instagram impressed her.
“Yesterday, while checking my Instagram, I saw the most impressive split-screen photo: on the left, the photo of the torso of a beautiful woman carved in stone and, on the right, the photo of the torso of a beautiful woman“ carved ”in real meat, ”Vicky wrote.
The image in question.
Vicky explains that the sculpture on the left represents Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, and that she has "the same belly, the same rounded hips, the same essence of what is healthy, natural in a female body" than Amy.
"In an age where social media feels like a war field, many of us are meticulously pointing out how to filter, illuminate and tighten each of our flaws as if just being in our skin is painful," Vicky writes.
“Beautiful, disgusting, strong, thin, fat, pretty, ugly, sexy, disgusting, without flaws, woman. Thanks Annie Leibovitz! "
"With that photo, with your recent claim to Glamor for putting your name under the plus size woman section, with your unfiltered bikini photos on your Instagram, you stand up in solidarity with all the women who are tired," says Vicky.
"Women who are tired of getting their bellies every time they take a photo, who are angry with themselves for choosing one-piece swimsuits not because they want to but because they feel they have to, women who almost instinctively walk away of the men who touch the curves that have taught them to hate all their lives.
-Vicky Rox-
“I can tell that I am really starting to love the skin that I am in. I recently wore a bikini on vacation and a new friend said to me, 'Thank you Vicki for having the confidence to love your body like this', before changing from her one piece to a bikini and joining the solidarity of the tummy lovers ”, Related the columnist.
“We are gradually making progress and you are part of the movement. You are helping to normalize the sick, abnormal, unhealthy perception of beauty thanks to humor and truth, ”she continues.
“Keep doing what you do and I will. If we make a pact not to give in to these small but significant injustices, if we fortify our conviction that we are mirrors of the progress of others, if we continue to kindly lead the phenomenal machine that is our body, then we will conquer the bullies.
We have to become the change we so honestly deserve. "
