So last week, I came across a picture of freelance writer/fitness blogger Maria Kang wearing a sports bra, baring her abs, kneeling behind her three children and under the caption of “What’s Your Excuse?”
That picture got Maria way more attention than a she bargained for.
Yahoo Shine reported that the photo went viral and racked up more than 16 million views on Facebook, with more than 12,000 comments. Some of the feedback is positive; but most of it isn’t. She’s been called a bully, an idiot, obnoxious, “desperate for fame” and out to shame fat women into “Maxim-established conformity”.
Most of the feedback just missed the point entirely. Some examples of the responses, from
here and
here:
“I can give you many ‘excuses’ to why a woman’s body does not snap back, or look like yours after having kids. Your comment is not only judgemental it’s biasly ...
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That picture got Maria way more attention than a she bargained for. Yahoo Shine reported that the photo went viral and racked up more than 16 million views on Facebook, with more than 12,000 comments. Some of the feedback is positive; but most of it isn’t. She’s been called a bully, an idiot, obnoxious, “desperate for fame” and out to shame fat women into “Maxim-established conformity”.
Most of the feedback just missed the point entirely. Some examples of the responses, from here and here:
