I cannot stand the Kardashians. There is no part of me that enjoys any part of them. (That's a lie, I actually used to have a cell phone case of Kim's crying face.) I think they're one of the worst things coming out of the black hole we call reality television. I don't care about their TV show. I don't care about their makeup line. I don't care about their fashion line. I don't care about their cell phone apps. And I most certainly do not care for Caitlin Jenner, the transphobic woman who is trying to be the mouthpiece for oppressed trans people everywhere and needs to hand the mic back to more learned, intelligent and careful trans role models. At least until she learns to recognize the impact her words have on her community. However, that's not what this is about today. This is about Kim Kardashian's nudes.

If you don't yet know, last week Kim Kardashian posted a nude photo of herself on Instagram. Okay, that's something people don't really do, right? People. Never. Post. Nudes. To. Instagram. This time though, because the perpetrator is Kim, the world has blown up. There are all kinds of things people are saying, some of which are very good points to make. There's the argument that the photo is likely from last fall, because Kim's hair is blonde in it, and she's currently a brunette. Okay, good point. There's the comments that it's a shameless cry for attention. Again, good point, I have no problem with that. What I do have a problem with, however, is the body-shaming, woman-shaming, mother-shaming bullshit.

When you put your body on the internet, you open yourself up to a significantly larger amount of criticism than people who don't do such things. When you put your body on the internet and are a woman, this criticism grows. When you are not only a woman, but also a mother, this will undoubtedly turn into a shaming festival. The internet has run wild, like a dog turned on it's owner, and has shamed Kim from every angle possible. There are the outcries of "Her body should be covered" and "How dare she do that, she's a mom!" and other insane things that people feel they should shout their opinions about. Well, let me tell those people something very important.

Being a woman does not mean you must be modest. Being a mother does not mean you must be modest.

I want to repeat this for the people sitting in the cheap seats.

Being a woman does not mean you must be modest. Being a mother does not mean you must be modest.

There is this crazy idea in our society that women's bodies are only for behind closed doors. We see Islam and women with various types of headdresses, and as a Western society, we treat these women as if they have been trapped within their own bodies. Kim Kardashian is free of this stigma and posts a selfie that she hashtags as 'liberated' and we cry out that she must be stopped. Quit it. Stop it. You don't get to comment on the body of every woman who doesn't live as you think they should. Have your opinion, and keep it to yourself. Maybe share it with your friends. Wonder why you feel that way? Would you ever show your body off? No? Good for you! Yes? Good for you! You do whatever feels right!

Now, most importantly: Stop treating mothers like they aren't sexual beings! Giving birth to a child does nothing to who you are but give you a child! Mothers have sex. Mothers can (and absolutely should) feel beautiful. Stop using children as an excuse for oppressing women. When a father helps create a child and then goes shirtless, you don't go, "Oh, stop, you're a father now." Stop doing it to mothers! If Kim was breast feeding, you wouldn't for a second say, "You're a mother now, don't do that!"

Maybe Kim Kardashian spends her time trying to "break the internet." Maybe she spends her free time thinking of ways to get attention. People can do as they please. Disagree as you want. Agree as you want. But stop forcing your own perceptions of the world on other people. Respect people. Respect women. Respect mothers and fathers and hour glass people and pear people and just stop being a jerk. This isn't just about Kim. This is about so much more. Don't delete the sexuality of other people because you don't like it. Don't minimize someone's ability to appreciate their own body because you're afraid of nipples that aren't in the mouth of babies.

Don't be a jerk.