It is forbidden to hide it: #CelluliteSaturday, the new trend to show the real body of women
We all fell through. We drank water until the gills developed, believed in miraculous massages, embarked on an unequal fight against our very personal mill: cellulite.
If it is true that some foods help reduce cellulite and that massages are good for circulation, it is also true that cellulite is one of the few things that really transcends age, nationality or religion: we all have cellulite. say Photoshop.
"Do I like this part of my body? Absolutely not."
In the words of Kenzie Brenna, there is no kind of hypocritical rhetoric: the 26-year-old doesn't want to try to convince us that cellulite is beautiful, but, more simply, that it is natural.
What Brenna defines as a journey towards self love it started years ago when she decided to lose the extra pounds that forced her into unhappy and embarrassed self-isolation.
Once she lost weight, she had to face a new enemy, cellulite. This time, however, she knew that it would not be enough for her to engage in a more correct lifestyle to make her disappear.
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"Here are the numbers: 93% of women have cellulite. If that doesn't make you feel at peace with your body, I don't know what else it could. Cellulite is normal and the "cosmetics industry makes money by making us believe otherwise".
It makes money, in other words, by making us feel uncomfortable in our skin.
How do you fight an "obsession rooted in our society? By showing it, says Brenna.
So, last week she launched the hashtag #CelluliteSaturday, posting a picture of her body and inviting other users to do the same.
Do you find these images disturbing? It's because we're used to the inhumanly smooth skin of advertisements, the same skin that lingerie brand Aerie said no to, dramatically increasing sales.
Loving each other is the scariest and most incredible revolution. The reward is eternal and your struggle becomes that of those who cannot raise their voices. Having the courage to love each other in a world that constantly tells us to change: this is the revolt I want to be part of.
What do you think? Is it too much or is it right?
