I recently posted a video in support of Agent Provocateur’s new campaign for the SS19 season. If you haven’t seen it you can watch it here. I wanted to start posting more of the things that felt true to me. To have a voice and as Jordan B. Peterson states “speak myself into being” since for a long time I have been silent about the things important to me. Enough of that, hence my post. Soon after the AP video was seen, I was messaged and asked by an old aquaintanse, to catch up over coffee. I decided to go and we had a good conversation on creating your own reality and the mental obstacles inputted by external influences. At the end, the person asked if I would be willing to help with thier nude photography project. Granted it would be in a dark setting, I still turned it down. The comment made afterwards “I understand if your not comfortable with that.” didn’t sit well. It sounded like I was being shamed for not agreeing, not going along with seamless ig influencers who post naked pics, for not supporting body positivty and self love by not being willing to show that I actually did. It got me thinking about my beliefs in support towards woman accepting and loving their bodies. The assumtion being since I shared something similiar I’d be willing to do it myself. SOOO I’ve been thinking what are my ethics towards forms of nudity on the internet in an effort to inspire other women to feel good about their skin and promote sexual liberation or has it become a consentful form of sexualizing women? What metrics are we using to measure it’s impact? I realized that yes, I was uncomfortable becuase like alot of women, I too am in the process of peeling my layers, learning to accept and love my body and self for no one other than myself. Therefore I don’t feel compelled to share what I am not ready to share.
