Jameela Jamil is not mincing phrases about how there’s a double normal for ladies in Hollywood.
The star of The Good Place appeared on the podcast Exactly. With Florence Given this week to speak about modern-day feminism, and the way it’s usually a battle for ladies to be held to the identical standards as their male friends.
Jamil criticized those that consider Shia LaBeouf, who was accused of sexual battery and assault by his ex-girlfriend FKA twigs, deserves “another chance,” whereas stars like Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Lawrence — who’ve each been demonized by the media after monumental profession success — are advised they will “f*** off.”
“We don’t label men as ‘annoying.’ When we don’t like a man, we just don’t learn his name and don’t bother him at all. He just gets to exist peacefully,” the I Weigh podcast host defined. “When we don’t like women, we learn everything about them, because maybe there’s a part of us that’s defensive about not liking that woman. We want to prove that it’s not about jealousy or misogyny, so we’re going to find anything we can, any morsel, that will justify our profound, visceral hatred of this woman, even if that means going back 15 years into her tweets.”
Jamil, who calls herself a “feminist in progress,” additionally declared that “we value men much more than women.”
Jamil, who has been an advocate for physique acceptance and a one-time vocal critic of the Kardashians for perpetuating unrealistic magnificence requirements, additionally defined that she now has a line with regards to people who find themselves placing forth harmful beliefs.
“We have to test ourselves. Whenever Kim Kardashian does one thing problematic or any of the Kardashians, individuals are all the time in my DMs, each single day, all of their followers in my DMs, [writing], ‘Can you name Kim out for this?’ And I all the time write again, nope,” she said. “If now 100 thousand folks have already referred to as her out for that factor, I’m not the punisher. I needn’t add my voice to this as a result of then I’m simply harassing her. That’s not what I’m about.”
Jamil previously explained her decision to step away from criticizing the Kardashians in June 2020, writing on Instagram at the time that she had received many DMs asking her to call out a post she made while wearing a waist trainer.
Jamil wrote in her caption, “Kim, like many people, has had many years of physique picture points and obsession. This has been HEAVILY perpetuated by how a lot the media scrutinized her and her sisters over their appearances. She isn’t actively attempting to hurt you. She’s simply so harmed and deluded into pondering that is what SHE must appear like to be particular and delightful and he or she’s spilling it out onto her following. So there’s no level in screaming at her. The good factor to do is to guard YOURSELF.”
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