Punašnija urednica modnog časopisa prošetala pistom, muškarci na društvenim mrežama razapeli je zlobnim komentarima

18-09-2017

Lauren Chan  uglavnom ćete naći iza kulisa gde radi kao urednica modne rubrike Glamour Magazina, ali 8. septembra  prošetala je  pistom, noseći Chromatove kupaće kostime na reviji u sklopu njujorškog Fashion Weeka, te pokrenula lavinu negativnih reakcija na njen puniji izgled. Da li se lepom , danas smatra samo  žena mera 90-60-90?

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Thank you *so* much to everyone (especially @cindi_leive and @beccamccharentran) who has reached out with a kind word this week. I'm taking a moment to absorb all of your positivity so that I have it in the bank next time I decide to take on the Internet and its trolls. (Oops!) I do want to say one thing before I put this behind me: my whole body of work as an editor is focused on redefining the social norms about size and on making women feel valued no matter what they look like. Period. I have never been attacked for putting my plus-size model friends in the pages (and on the cover) of @glamourmag. Not once have I received hateful letters for writing critiques on the fashion industry's sizeism. And no one threatened me personally when I made clothing up to size 28 or helped designers launch plus sizes. But once I had the *audacity* to get my size 16 ass in a swimsuit and walk a runway…well…the negative comments (which were mostly from men) were so bad that Glamour spoke out against them publicly. So hear this haters: WOMEN ?? LIKE ?? ME ?? ARE ?? NOT ?? HERE ?? FOR ?? YOUR ?? SHIT. We are not here to be policed. We are not here to serve as sex objects. We are not here to keep quiet. We are not here to look or behave or talk in a way that makes you feel comfortable. And while we're talking about you–fuck you. Models above sample size walked #NYFW runways TWO HUNDRED EIGHT times this season, obliterating the previous record and giving us 670% more size diversity and #bodypositivity than last fashion week. And if even one person reads this feminist cry or sees them and feels empowered, you lose.

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Samo iskustvo šetanja po pisti bilo joj je, kaže Lauren neugodno, ali problem je nastao kad je objavila svoje fotografije na društvenim mrežama. Gomila hejtera  odma se obrušila na njezin izgled, ali ona im je ubrzo odgovorila. “Cilj mog posla urednice jest redefinirati socijalne norme o veličini tela i podstaknuti žene da se osećaju vredno bez obzira na to kako izgledaju”, napisala je. Chan je pre radila kao plus size model pod agencijom Ford, i tvrdi da dosad nije bila ovoliko kritikovana , piše Insider.

“Nikad me niko nije napadao ili prozivao zbog toga što sam stavljala plus size modele na stranice Glamoura. Nikad nisam primila ljutito pismo jer sam kritikovala normative modne industrije. Niko mi nije pretio kad sam podsticala proizvodnju odeće do veličine 56 ili pomagala dizajnerima da lansiraju plus size linije. Ali kad sam skupila hrabrost pokazati svoju liniju veličine 44 u kupaćem kostimu i prošetala pistom, negativni komentari (uglavnom od muškaraca) bili su toliko užasni da se i Glamour morao oglasiti”, napisala je. Naime, Chromat i Glamour, podelili su na svojim profilima na društvenim mrežama njezinu fotografiju, no komentari su bili iznimno negativni.

“Nije to bilo samo ‘ne sviđa mi se tvoj kostim i kako izgledaš u njemu’. Ne želim dati tim rečima snagu ponavljajući ih, ali komentari su bili o meni, mom karakteru, mom zdravlju. Bili su agresivni i zlobni. Ono zanimljivo jest , da su svi došli sa zaključanih profila i većinom od muškaraca. To me kao feministkinju razbesnilo”, rekla je za Yahoo Style. Ipak, nije sve tako crno, ružni komentari potaknuli su i gomilu pozitivnih, od strane ljudi kojima je Chan inspiracija.

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