One thing I really hate about Facebook, Instagram, and basically every social media platform is that they've made people think they have the right to comment on someone else's body.
Just because you can type something doesn't mean you're entitled to.
Somehow we've accepted that if someone posts a photo, their body becomes public discussion. Everyone gets to have an opinion.
"You've gained weight."
"You should smile."
"You're hot."
"I'd do…"
Who asked? Just STFU.
Why do people think another person's body is there for their commentary? And where is the empathy? Where is the kindness? When did we decide that every opinion has to be shared, especially when it's about someone else's body?
It's one of the reasons I started Perzik (more on this later). I want to build a place where kindness comes before judgement. Where sexuality doesn't automatically become objectification. Where someone can simply exist without becoming public property. I think we've forgotten that a body belongs to the person living in it. A person with feelings, insecurities and a real life.
And before you say, "Then why post a picture online?"
Because sharing a photo can be an act of self-expression. Of self-exploration. Sometimes it's documenting a moment. Sometimes it's celebrating your body. Sometimes it's vulnerability. Sometimes it's simply because you felt beautiful that day.
I'd even call it art.
Art isn't an invitation to judge the artist. A self-portrait isn't an open call for strangers to dissect the painter's face. So why have we decided that when the canvas is a real person, everyone suddenly gets a vote?
Posting a photo isn't asking for your opinion. It's sharing a piece of yourself. There's a difference.
Be honored you get to be the audience.
