On Monday, March 7, Kim Kardashian West posted an Instagram of a naked selfie, captioned “When you’re like I have nothing to wear LOL.” Since the post, Kim has received a lot of attention over the “controversy” she has caused.
Chloe Moretz tweeted at Kim shortly after the insta posted: “I truly hope you realize how important setting goals are for young women, teaching them we have so much more to offer than…just our bodies.”
Since then, P!nk, Bette Midler, Miley Cyrus, and many others have all taken the time to comment on Kim’s nudes.
But honestly: why is anyone acting like this is some big deal?
For one thing, it’s not like we haven’t all seen Kim Kardashian naked before. The cover of W, Paper Magazine, the naked calendar shoot she did on her TV show and she literally became famous because she leaked a sex tape. Kim Kardashian is famous because she knows how to manipulate the media and attract attention to herself and this instagram was just another (successful) attempt to keep herself in the public eye.
In response to Chloe: needless to say, I don’t think anyone is under the false impression that Kim Kardashian is any kind of role model. Yes, she is a successful business woman and has had success in the industry. But those are not the aspects of her life that Kim flaunts — Kim has made a name for herself by pulling media stunts and being an in-your-face kind of celebrity.
By even calling Kim out for this kind of post, you are giving her the exact kind of attention she intended on receiving because she literally lives by the motto that there’s no such thing as bad publicity. (And, again, it’s not like a naked pic of Kim is anything new.)
That being said, I sincerely hope that “young women” don’t look up to Kim Kardashian as a serious role model. Personally, I find the Kardashian family to be a source of entertainment and nothing else — I don’t honestly take them seriously. Young girls should look to women who are inventors, politicians, teachers, advocates of charities, mothers, etc to be their role models, not Kim Kardashian.
The only truly commendable thing about Kim Kardashian is that she is not, nor has ever been, a size zero and is unapologetic about it. It’s rare that you see a woman so comfortable with her body and I find it refreshing to see something who isn’t paper thin to be posting about their body.
Aside from a healthy body image, Kim Kardashian doesn’t really fall into my personal definition of a role model and I’d be sad to see her fall into anyone else’s. She is an entertainer, and a good one at that, but she is not exactly the type of woman I hope to grow up to be.
The singer, P!nk, tweeted in response to Kim’s insta: “Shout out to all of the women, across the world, using their brains, their strength, their work ethic, their talent, their ‘magic’ that they were born with, that only they possess. It may not ever bring you as much ‘attention’ or bank notes as using your body, your sex, your tits and asses, but women like you don’t need that kind of attention. In the quiet moments, you will feel something deeper than the fleeting excitement resulting from attention, you will feel something called pride and self-respect. Keep on resisting the urge to cave. You’ll never have to make silly excuses for yourself.”
And with that, I encourage everyone to take Kim Kardashian for what she is, an entertainer and stop playing into these media stunts that she pulls constantly (and very successfully). Stop pretending like you’re shocked by her. Start giving attention to the women who deserve it.
