Bella Thorne posted this photo on Instagram with a pretty lengthy caption, explaining “why” she decided to pose nude and un-retouched in a huge magazine spread. While posing for Mexico GQ, the actress wrote:
I specifically asked for no re touching on this photo, and lemme tell you I have insecurities, about pretty much everything. That’s natural & that’s human. You might look at this photo and think oh shush bella, but just know everytime someone looks in the mirror they simply don’t see what everyone else sees. Know that it’s completely normal to feel insecure and it’s accepted. honestly I wish everyone talked more about their insecurities so more people in the world could know they aren’t alone. That it’s ok. As a public persona you know naturally that everytime you shoot with a magazine there is always small retouching. Cuz yeah if they show my acne scars or a wrinkle in my forehead or my teeth aren’t perfectly white, people will look at the photo and say no she’s not perfect and usually most people don’t want the public trashing and I get it, But fuck it I’m here to tell you that’s right I’m not FUCKING PERFECT. IM A HUMAN BEING AND IM REAL. So hip hop your asses over the fence and GET OVER IT.
Honestly – she looks perfect. She looks beautiful, shiny, stunning, gorgeous – every adjective you can think of in the English dictionary that means, flawless. The problem is, her message is hard to be understood and related to young girls who don’t look like this. Not every young girl is a size 0 or 2. Some young girls have stretch marks, bruises, stomach roles. She talks about showing “acne or wrinkles” but no one can be found in this photo.
How can her message really be told to young girls who don’t look picture-perfect all of the time? It can’t be, can it? While I appreciate the message and I still stand behind Bella and think she’s kick-ass, I think more women need to embrace this kind of message – women who look completely different than society’s standards. Just sayin’.