Women destroy body-shamer's tweet in most empowering way
A man who tweeted saying that "girls over 110 lbs should never posts pics in a bikini" got his comeuppance on Twitter as women flooded him with body-positive photos of themselves in swimsuits.
The ill-judged statement promoted an empowering response from women weighing over 110lbs, who rightly pointed out that he was talking utter nonsense.
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Women on Twitter were having none of it:
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And, one person pointed out that the man had absolutely no business talking to anyone about their appearance.
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Touché.
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
