Singer Chlöe Bailey has caused quite a stir with her recent body-positive posts on social media. In an interview with Allure magazine, Bailey — best known as half of Grammy-nominated Chloe X Hailey — revealed that her relationship with her body is “complicated.”
“I was growing up at a time when, if someone on television told you that you had a big butt, they meant it as an insult. So I was a little ashamed of my curves. I tried to hide them,” said Bailey.
Black women have traditionally struggled with being hypersexualized in comparison to other races, especially in the media. A curvy body in a dress is praised when it’s on a Kardashian, but is often demeaned if it’s on Rhianna or Cardi B.
“The impact of social media on the human brain is not only vivid but extremely influential,” Dr. Kathleen Bazile Ph.D., counselor and professor at Richmont Graduate University, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “What we see can easily trigger moments of depression, self-loathing, and hatred with what we see in the mirror.”
In the wake of calling out “culture vultures” black women are reclaiming their bodies and sexuality, and Bailey is taking inward steps to truly love who she is.
“It took a very, very long time. Now my favorite thing about my body is my butt,” said Bailey.
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