People Seriously Need To Shut Up About About Gabourey Sidibe
Last night was a great night for women in some ways, we had Frozen, a story about sisterly love win for best animated film, and we all swooned over Lupita Nyong’o and her beautiful acceptance speech:
But the sad truth is, out of all of movies that were nominated, none of them were directed by a woman. And the other sad truth is, when you have an actress like Gabourey Sidibe, who is not what is considered stereotypically beautiful, people sure do have an issue with it.
I’m from a world that believes that if everyone were exactly the same it would be a very boring place to live. I think many different women of different ages and sizes and colors are beautiful. I’m raising my kids to think the same. Yes, Gabby may not look like Lupita or Jennifer Lawrence or Julia Roberts, but does this fact detract from her beauty or the fact she is an amazingly talented actress? I’m always happy when we see more diverse women in big Hollywood movies, but judging by the reaction of the Twitosphere, it still isn’t enough. I’m happy all the little girls who are going to grow up to be the size of Lupita have a beautiful new princess to look up to, I guess I just wish that the little girls who grow up to look like Gabby are seen as beautiful too.
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