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To find Jameela Jamil the most annoying body positivity advocate

140 replies

Imworthit · 14/09/2020 06:52

She's tall and slim, model perfect, always made up, perfect hair, beautifully dressed and all she seems to do is rage at other women for their beauty choices. I know we can't help how we look but she just seems the biggest hypocrite. AIBU for thinking this?

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BlackbirdFirst · 14/09/2020 06:55

She is gorgeous and perfect looking but I've never heard her speak. So yabu

FourEyesGood · 14/09/2020 06:56

Have you ever read any of her stuff or listened to her talk about it? YABU. She doesn’t rage against women for their beauty choices. She rages against influencers who are trying to make women feel inferior for not doing what they do and against corporations who peddle dangerous ideas and products.

turnitonagain · 14/09/2020 06:58

She’s an Asian woman in a society that still values white features so I disagree that her being tall and slim means she knows nothing about unachievable beauty standards.

TeaStory · 14/09/2020 06:58

You know she has been a lot bigger in the past, has suffered an eating disorder, has been mentally unwell to the point of a suicide attempt and has a physical disability that causes her a lot of pain etc? She doesn’t want other women to go through what she has, she doesn’t want other women in her position to feel alone and beyond help. Your post assumes she has a perfect charmed life without weight, body image or health worries and that just isn’t true.

Wankerchief · 14/09/2020 06:59

So because she is beautiful her voice is invalid? Interesting.

pinkbalconyrailing · 14/09/2020 06:59

yanbu
her inability to use the word woman pisses me of.
it's always 'pregnant person' or womxn eurgh

Mollscroll · 14/09/2020 07:01

If you enjoy attention seeking with your virtue signalling then she’s great.

Distressedchic · 14/09/2020 07:02

Jameela Jamil, shes never seen a bandwagon she doesn’t want to jump on, and never misses an opportunity to lecture sorry educate other women.
YANBU.

caughtalightsneeze · 14/09/2020 07:02

She is a massive bully and really quite cruel to other women. The way she presents herself as some sort of advocate for women when she is so utterly vicious in her misogyny is mind-blowing. She appears to care only about herself and her own image.

BrumBoo · 14/09/2020 07:07

She is hypocritical, but not for the way she herself looks. Have you seen her social media? I had to step away from it, never read anyone so full of their self importance and thinking they were some sort of social activist who sadly doesn't seem to have an ounce of critical thinking skills or even the ability not to stick her foot in it.

It's a shame, I actually like her as an actress and I dont believe anyone should lose their voice for being (semi) famous, but bloody hell she needs to step back from SM sometimes.

justanotherneighinparadise · 14/09/2020 07:09

She’s a stunning model looking woman sticking up for us average fatties. It kind of sticks in my craw too but I suspect she means well.

Sceptre86 · 14/09/2020 07:12

If you read a little about her you would realise she hasn't had a charmed life. That being said I do find her rants annoying, they are supposed to come across as demonstrating solidarity with the average women. Instead, I find her need to 'educate' us and criticise others to be unhelpful. Her latest one is with regards to Kim Kardashian's shapewear range for pregnant women.

Sceptre86 · 14/09/2020 07:12

*woman

sst1234 · 14/09/2020 07:16

What is famous for? I thought she just another vacuous ‘celebrity’. Or attention seeker at best.

Turtleturtle81 · 14/09/2020 07:20

I blocked her when she started making Karen jokes on twitter.

TeaStory · 14/09/2020 07:21

What is famous for? I thought she just another vacuous ‘celebrity’. Or attention seeker at best.

She started as a radio and TV presenter, getting her first big gig in 2009. She’s also an actress. It’s not like she’s a Kardashian or something.

caughtalightsneeze · 14/09/2020 07:23

@Turtleturtle81

I blocked her when she started making Karen jokes on twitter.
Yes, she is not an advocate for women. Although she is a huge advocate for male sex offenders in women's prisons. No amount of 'your thighs are perfect if they are a size 6 or size 26' can offset that.
Mollscroll · 14/09/2020 07:23

I blocked her when she started making Karen jokes on twitter

I didn’t know she did that. That tells you what she really thinks of other women/older women/women who don’t agree with her.

She’s no friend to women.

BearMarket · 14/09/2020 07:24

I thought she was a DJ, pretty sure she came to DSs uni years ago as a DJ. He has pictures on his FB if you scroll far enough back....like five years.

TheClitterati · 14/09/2020 07:27

She's in a relationship with a man and "came out" as queer Hmm

All you need to know.

TheClitterati · 14/09/2020 07:28

@Mollscroll

I blocked her when she started making Karen jokes on twitter

I didn’t know she did that. That tells you what she really thinks of other women/older women/women who don’t agree with her.

She’s no friend to women.

And she recently deleted all her previous tweets! Hiding in plain site.
WildAboutMyPlanet · 14/09/2020 07:28

She’s a bully. Last year I read her comments being horrible about very thin women. I used to be very small (not by choice) and the abuse I suffered was crazy, she was perpetuating that despite being a slim woman.
She attacks everyone all the time and that is how she keeps herself in the limelight. It’s not okay.

Turtleturtle81 · 14/09/2020 07:28

@Mollscroll

I blocked her when she started making Karen jokes on twitter

I didn’t know she did that. That tells you what she really thinks of other women/older women/women who don’t agree with her.

She’s no friend to women.

She does it a lot. When a few women called Karen replies saying that they found people using their name as an insult hurtful, both her and all her followers piled onto her “ok Karen” and “shut up, Karen!” comments.
eyesbiggerthanstomach · 14/09/2020 07:35

She is a bit of a bully.

What is interesting is that she and Kristen Bell don't follow each other on Instagram whereas the other Good Place cast seem to get on with each of them with mutual follows.

I don't know what happened there but Kristen Bell always comes across as friendly and laid back to me.

Okay reading this back I have realised I need to get a life!

BrumBoo · 14/09/2020 07:36

@TheClitterati

She's in a relationship with a man and "came out" as queer Hmm

All you need to know.

I never actually understood this. What does 'queer' mean in her circumstances? Did she ever elaborate?

I hate the term 'queer'. Seems the go-to term for those with gay-envy, something Edina Moon would currently identity as.

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