Jennette McCurdy is one of the hottest stars on TV today, but even she falls victim to all the pressures. McCurdy recently opend up on the issues of body shaming, after the controversy surrounding the Girls star Lena Dunham’s Vogue photoshot.
Recently, Jezebel obtained some allegedly unaltered versions of Lena Dunham’s Vogue photoshot. The photos were reportedly acquired to expose how the industry shames woman and to expose the industry's photoshopping standards.
So The Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog turned to Jennette McCurdy to give her take on the issues of body shaming. In the essay, McCurdy wrote:
“In recent months, there has been a lot of media backlash toward the editing and retouching of photos, whether in magazine spreads or ad campaigns. While I understand and appreciate this whole ‘natural beauty’ movement and the passionate attempt to shed light on the smoke and mirrors of the processes behind image, I personally think the attention should be shifted away from editors and advertisers doing their jobs and directed more toward our culture as a whole. We could take every magazine in existence off the newsstands and still be faced with the crippling issue of body image that I believe to be plaguing society.”
Later on in the article, McCurdy went on to talk about some of her own insecurities:
“I had a two-year span where I was so self-conscious and uncomfortable with my body that I would dress more provocatively to events and in photos because I looked to comments of praise to fulfill me and give me the confidence I lacked. I needed affirmation to feel comfortable. I was caught up in the whirlwind that is beauty. I still get caught up in it. This past Saturday, a friend innocently asked why I had not been on a particular magazine cover yet. I thought about it for a second, comparing myself to my peers who had graced past covers. My negativity got the better of me, and I began spiraling into comparisons between myself and these other girls.”
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