Twitter Calls Gone Girl Actress ‘Brave’ For Daring To Show Her Post-Baby Body At The Golden Globes
Gone Girl’s Rosamund Pike walked the red carpet at the Golden Globes last night in a cutout dress that showed a fragment of the side of her belly. The internet went crazy. Apparently, daring to leave your house weeks after giving birth and allow celebrity stylists to drape a Vera Wang gown over your gorgeous figure is “brave.”
Rosamund Pike wore Vera Wang tonight. She’s brave to wear a cut-out gown after just having had a baby! #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/vmSNNwVNJ5
”” DailyFrontRow® (@DailyFrontRow) January 11, 2015
Can we stop throwing the word “brave” around all willy-nilly like that? If it’s “brave” for Rosamund Pike to wear a gorgeous gown on her gorgeous body, than it’s “brave” every time I leave the goddamn house. My body does not look like hers, and I’m a year and a half postpartum. Calling a gorgeous actress “brave” for doing nothing but daring to drape a dress over a body that just made a baby makes the rest of us feel like crap. It’s also stupid. Since the internet seems so confused about the definition of “brave,” I thought I’d remind everyone what it actually means and also illustrate some actions that are, in fact, brave.
Brave – brÄv/ adjective – ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage.
Now here are few situations that are “brave,” and a few that are not.
Brave:
WATCH: Brave animal lover saves great white shark, putting himself in danger to do so http://t.co/n2sUX9nLWe pic.twitter.com/8FJDvAsvFv ”” Closer Mag & Online (@CloserOnline) January 8, 2015
Not Brave:
Rosalind Pike is brave. She just had a baby! If this were me, I’d have milk all over me. http://t.co/fpuGQmx00I pic.twitter.com/ica4kF46yE
”” hgupasil (@hgupasil) January 12, 2015
Brave:
Moment brave #firemen use ladder and a giant hook to rescue dog caught in frozen… http://t.co/QSLhhy2Drn pic.twitter.com/vHXuzauvIf ”” Trending UK News (@UKolizer) January 6, 2015
Not Brave:
Rosamund Pike hair situation: excellent and making me want to part my hair on the side. Dress is very brave 5 weeks post-baby””bravo
”” Eva Chen (@evachen212) January 11, 2015
Brave:
Burning ferry hitting for Italy was rescued . Heroic rescue of hundreds on a Vessel . #brave #fire pic.twitter.com/Lvb0GfLdlm
”” saud kenaah (@Springs_USA) December 29, 2014
Not Brave:
Brave post baby, but ill fitting. RT @Fashionista_com: First star: Rosamund Pike in @VeraWangGang. pic.twitter.com/XnwQ0kk7CC #GoldenGlobes ”” Ali Kaplan (@AliShops) January 11, 2015
Brave:
We should all salute the bravery of the French rescue teams tonight.Amazingly brave guys..#ParisShooting @MailOnline pic.twitter.com/yahvHnBiIn ”” ian mcclelland (@ianmacphotos) January 9, 2015
Not Brave:
@usweekly So brave to be rocking her post-baby bod! Vera Wang always makes women look so graceful.
”” Rhiannon Langford (@PaperclipsBlog) January 11, 2015
Are we clear here?
(photo: Getty Images)