On the 8th
March 2016, Kim Kardashian posted an old nude selfie to twitter and instagram
with the caption
‘When you're like I have nothing to wear LOL’
gaining over
2.5 million likes on twitter and 1.7 million likes on instagram, Kardashian’s
revealing photo received both praise and backlash from the media as well as the
general public and other celebrities.
The image
posted one day before International Women’s Day caused debate with many saying
Kardashian was allowed to show off her body with other’s disagreeing.
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The star
received backlash from celebrities such as singer Bette Midler, television,
personality Piers Morgan and actress Chloë Grace Moretz.
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Teenage actress
Chloë Grace Moretz (19) received heavy backlash following her tweets to and
about Kim Kardashian, the teen was accused by many on twitter of ‘slut-shaming’
the reality star.
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Although the
teen went onto defend herself saying that ‘slut-shaming’ was not her intention,
Kardashian seemed not to be phased by all the backlash responded to Moretz,
Midler and Morgan with witty tweets.
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In her tweet to
Moretz, Kardashian referenced the teen’s 2016 photo shoot where the actress
posed partially nude on the magazine’s front cover, whilst simultaneously suggesting
that Moretz is a hypocrite.
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Kardashian also
confronted Morgan’s tweet claiming his offer to buy her clothes disrespectful
and also brought to light that Midler had tried to be friends with the reality
star.
As well as
calling into question the various celebrity tweets Kardashian also continued to
appear unphased, tweeting an old image of herself laughing with the caption
‘Reading my comments like....LOL’.
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The following
day (9th March 2016) the star went on to use the chance to promote
some of her kimoji’s such as one featuring the star drinking tea referencing
the contemporary phrase ‘sipping tea’ defined on urban dictionary as ‘shrewdly taking part in verbal
disclosure
'…in context of gossip
or rumors about a celebrity…'
The
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Kardashian also
posted another nude image of herself from a photo shoot with the caption ‘#liberated’.
By doing this,
Kim Kardashian showed her not just her wit but also her business and
entrepreneurial abilities to defend herself against various backlash.
Furthermore, the
controversy didn’t stop there, three weeks after Kim Kardashian first posted
her nude selfie the star alongside friend and model Emily Ratajkowski posted
another nude selfie. The two stars posed in a similar way to the original
caption with Kardashian captioning hers
‘When we're
like...we both have nothing to wear LOL @emrata’
the image
gained a combined number of nearly 200k likes on twitter alone.
Whereas
Kardashian’s caption was styled very similarly to the original image
Ratajkowski’s caption showed her anger towards the situation as a whole
‘However sexual
our bodies may be, we need to hve the freedom as women to choose whn & how
we express our sexuality.’
By posting this
image weeks after the original showed Kardashian’s ability to keep the media
and general public talking.
However,
this was not the first time Kim Kardashian was heavily criticised for her body,
her career kick-started after a sex tape was leaked without her permission in
2003. Radell Smith (2011) claims that
‘from there Kardashian took on an ever-expanding range
of promotional and licensing opportunities, building a successful brand’
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