I know this is supposed to be ‘an important, empowering cultural moment’ but it’s just so difficult to give Kim Kardashian the props.

Kim posted a naked, pregnant selfie to her Instagram account and people were quick to heap praise on her for combating body shaming. She called out those who attacked her fluctuating body weight during the pregnancy, as well as others who had gone as far as to say she was faking it for publicity.

Don’t be daft people, she only fakes marriages to increase the media circus around her. Let’s see that pregnant picture then…

Here’s the Daily Beast singing her praises:

And give Kardashian credit where it’s due: No one is as skilled at using titillation as a means for legitimization. In this case, she’s using it as bait to say something actually important. Come for the booty shot, stay for the powerful message: “Everyone’s body is different, every pregnancy is different!” she writes. “I’ve learned to love my body at every stage! I’m going to get even bigger & that’s beautiful, too!”

Kardashian, much to the chagrin of many of society’s buttoned-up curmudgeons, is a person with many fans. Her reach is massive. These people, many of whom have felt shame about their own bodies while pregnant, might need to hear this. Maybe they’ll read this and smile. Maybe they’ll just look at her photo and admire a pregnant woman’s body—a radical act in and of itself.

I suppose they’re not really wrong, perhaps this is one selfie that isn’t a showcase for the vapid and self-obsessed. That won’t change the fact that this is how I feel every time I am forced to write about one of this clan…

[source:dailybeast]