Being a woman in Hollywood above the age of 25 sounds like an absolute nightmare. Suddenly you go from a young, beautiful on-screen girlfriend or daughter to a mother, or WORST of all, a nagging wife. Women get zero in between and if they're not being put in an object Hollywood box, they're being shamed for their size, or for having the audacity to age gracefully.
Are you tired yet? Because I sure am!
Sure, Alicia gave us one of the most iconic performances of all time as Cher in Clueless but she's also constantly fighting for women's rights and using social media for all the right reasons.
Below the gorgeous picture of Alicia in a flowing, navy dress, the caption reads: "Alicia Silverstone candid fat photo."
"Damn. I thought I looked good.." she captioned the video on Instagram.
The comments were soon filled with people siding with the actress.
"You do look good. Screw them!! Haters are going to hate. Just be your amazing beautiful self," commented one fan.
"The use of the word 'fat' in today’s society is disgusting. Shame on anyone for judging!" chimed in a different fan.
"I’d really like to meet these people because they’re insane. Alicia is as sexy as she’s ever been. There is a unique beauty to aging, but only real men ‘get it’."
"You look great! And lots of fat people look great too! Your caption implies that fat = bad. Just an important thing to keep in mind!" commented one fan.
"As a beautiful chubby babe myself, reading most of the comments didn’t feel great (even though they and the caption are well-intentioned!)" shared one fan.
She concluded: "We can be beautiful at any size I wish folks (especially tabloids and the like) would just stop commenting on people’s bodies full-stop!"
In a 2020 interview with the Guardian, she said: "They would make fun of my body when I was younger. It was hurtful, but I knew they were wrong."
“I knew that it was not right to make fun of someone’s body shape. That doesn’t seem like the right thing to be doing to a human.”
I think it's important to remember that we all have our own beauties and strengths that make us amazing, and no one can ever take that away from us!
