If you’ve seen #theysaid trending on Twitter, this is why.
Women around the world are discussing their experiences of body shaming on Twitter today with a viral hashtag.
Entrepreneur Sally Bergesen started the #theysaid hashtag this week to share a negative comment she received about her body and encourage others to do the same.
"Keep eating like that and you're going to be a butterball." My Dad when I was 12. Pls RT and share a body shaming comment. #TheySaid
— Sally Bergesen (@oiselle_sally) May 25, 2017
Others soon opened up about the body-shaming they’ve been subjected to.
"Don't ever wear a crop top with those football player shoulders."
My mother when I was 15.#theysaid— Chelsea Huck (@huck_chelsea) June 2, 2017
'Muscles on a woman aren't attractive. You shouldn't look like you can kick my ass' – a man in the grocery store, last December. #TheySaid https://t.co/F5ccb0Ikp7
— Kelsey McEwen (@KelseyMcEwen) June 1, 2017
"Werewolf" & "She'll need a lawnmower for those sideburns" – kids at school #Theysaid
— Debs (@kanedebo) June 2, 2017
"I don't know what you're doing, but you look SO MUCH healthier now. Props for losing all that weight" #TheySaid after I developed anorexia
— Ashley Scarlett (@ashleyyscarlett) June 1, 2017
'Are you finally skinny now? Do you still resemble a pig?' – Mum's first words to me on my uni graduation. #theysaid
— Mel (@melissa_mgk) June 2, 2017
Other Twitter users came up with the hashtag #shereplied to shut down the negative comments.
#shereplied I have carried two sons and they are thriving. My body performs miracles. What does yours do?
— J. Foster (@FosterELA) June 1, 2017
My body is only a physical representation of me. It's not WHO I am #SheReplied
— Nour Atrissi (@nouratrissi) June 1, 2017
My daughter at 11yrs old to a bully who called her fat "God made my body perfect for me!" #shereplied
— Tracy Varendorff (@AussieRedTX) May 31, 2017
"My body does everything I want it to do." #TheySaid #SheReplied
— rc reed (@mylo_cat) May 25, 2017
Well said.
