Actor and lawyer Jameela Jamil shared her thoughts on the current “aesthetics of exhaustion” about women's bodies in Hollywood via TikTok, and judging by the comments, it seems her analysis of the situation has resonated with many people looking for words to describe a difficult situation.
Recent discussions about body image, widespread acceptance Ozempic And Public conversation about celebrity weight loss raised the question: when is it possible and not to talk about a celebrity’s body?
Jameel's message is not about addressing any specific woman, but rather focuses on a noticeable pattern. Here's what she says in the video: “There's no shame in commenting on the fact that there's a rapid rise in the emaciation aesthetic among women in Hollywood. Women in their twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, even suddenly becoming so thin that you can see their ribs, you can see their pelvic bones jutting out… no one is saying, 'Eww, they look disgusting'… that would be body shaming. That's what we're commenting on. Because it's so broad. widespread, it's so extreme, it happened so quickly, and the question is…what happened to the movement of women being allowed to eat, embrace their bodies, and embrace aging?”
Jameela Jamil also linked the rise in thin stars to the growing trend towards conservative aesthetics (conservatism is historically associated with stricter beauty standards) and pointed out the numerous health risks associated with poor diet. While it is impossible to pinpoint a single reason for this shift, ignoring it is not an option, Jamil added.
“What's going on? Some people are born tiny, fragile and fragile. But these are people who weren't tiny, fragile, fragile and fragile before. They were all small… but none of them looked that fragile,” Jamil said bluntly. “We can say it's very confusing.”
“When those of us who comment on what the hell is going on in Hollywood with concern in our hearts, not just for the women who project those images, but for the women and girls they project those images onto, that’s not body shaming, that’s not anti-body positivity,” she concluded. “This reveals a quickly emerging pattern that frightens the split shirt. [sic] of us.”
Based on the comments, many agreed with her assessment as they offered their own theories, shared concerns, or simply thanked Jameel for speaking out. “If we saw pets as skinny as cats and dogs, we'd be screaming animal abuse,” one person remarked. “Thanks for mentioning osteoporosis. Women need to do weight bearing exercises and eat enough protein to prevent it,” another commented. Some have written that denying proper nutrition to the body (and mind) is a form of social control, and one summed it up well: “They don't want women to be educated. They don't want women to be fit.”
