Thank you for this! I’m hoping you can discuss SKIMS new “nipple bra” which unfortunately seems like another part of our bodies that is subject to scrutiny. This bra encourages a concept of what nipples should look like - doesn’t it? And now SKIMS has an official partnership with the NBA which is just going to give it more exposure. I may be way off base as I know we could probably dive into bras in general pushing unrealistic beauty standards, but the fake nipples just seems a step in the wrong direction. Or maybe I’m just a grumpy Xennial.
Hahaha *cries*—I didn't know this was a thing until just now...
So essentially they behave as with skincare: take away what's naturally ours and then try to sell it back to us. Cover our nipples and try to sell them back to us. Dry up our sebum and try to sell it back in a pastel bottle. Scrape away our barrier and try to spread it back on our faces. What the actual fuck!
Oh, wait—I just searched and realized that this is a Kardashian-owned company. No longer surprised.
I cannot believe that’s real. I’ve spent my entire life hiding my nipples under padding, which, as I type this, feels like its own brand of mindfucknuttery. We literally cannot do anything right! (Except pay Victorias Secret and now Kim Kardashian.)
Those armored T-shirt bras are the only thing that hide the post-breastfeeding nipples, and I absolutely hate them. I forgot to put on a bra before I rushed out to the grocery store one day, and I was confronted in the parking lot by a guy about 30 years younger than me who told me he and a few other guys were shadowing me through the store because my headlights were showing. I guess they thought I was aroused by merely being in their presence and not that that's just what my nipples are like all the time*. 🙄 He approached me by asking about my eyeglass frames and then got into the nipple issue. It was gross, and now there are people out there that want to pay big bucks to invite that kind of behavior? Just, ick. But I suppose now I can run around bra-free and people will think I bought into the Kardashian influence. Ugh!
*I was wearing a baggy green T-shirt, not even anything that put them blatantly in everyone's face.
Although I'm doing my best to never put a dollar in Kim Kardashian's wallet, I was super excited to see the faux nipple bra because I've been rocking the real thing since before kids. My hope is that the end result of this trend, after it invariably fades away, is a general public more accepting of women's nips.
Brilliant, wonderful, thank you! What you're talking about here relates to my next post, too, about the trend of preadolescent and adolescent girls adopting multistep skincare routines. The lack of critical thought behind the trend astonishes me...though it shouldn't. xo
Maaaaaaaan, I went to that plastic surgeon's instagram, BODY HORROR TO THE MAX! Absolutely beautiful women being injected over and over, their faces dotted with blood, to look very very slightly different afterwards.
Thank you for this! I’m hoping you can discuss SKIMS new “nipple bra” which unfortunately seems like another part of our bodies that is subject to scrutiny. This bra encourages a concept of what nipples should look like - doesn’t it? And now SKIMS has an official partnership with the NBA which is just going to give it more exposure. I may be way off base as I know we could probably dive into bras in general pushing unrealistic beauty standards, but the fake nipples just seems a step in the wrong direction. Or maybe I’m just a grumpy Xennial.
Hahaha *cries*—I didn't know this was a thing until just now...
So essentially they behave as with skincare: take away what's naturally ours and then try to sell it back to us. Cover our nipples and try to sell them back to us. Dry up our sebum and try to sell it back in a pastel bottle. Scrape away our barrier and try to spread it back on our faces. What the actual fuck!
Oh, wait—I just searched and realized that this is a Kardashian-owned company. No longer surprised.
Preach!
I cannot believe that’s real. I’ve spent my entire life hiding my nipples under padding, which, as I type this, feels like its own brand of mindfucknuttery. We literally cannot do anything right! (Except pay Victorias Secret and now Kim Kardashian.)
Those armored T-shirt bras are the only thing that hide the post-breastfeeding nipples, and I absolutely hate them. I forgot to put on a bra before I rushed out to the grocery store one day, and I was confronted in the parking lot by a guy about 30 years younger than me who told me he and a few other guys were shadowing me through the store because my headlights were showing. I guess they thought I was aroused by merely being in their presence and not that that's just what my nipples are like all the time*. 🙄 He approached me by asking about my eyeglass frames and then got into the nipple issue. It was gross, and now there are people out there that want to pay big bucks to invite that kind of behavior? Just, ick. But I suppose now I can run around bra-free and people will think I bought into the Kardashian influence. Ugh!
*I was wearing a baggy green T-shirt, not even anything that put them blatantly in everyone's face.
WOW. Just.... wow... we're living in a satire...
Although I'm doing my best to never put a dollar in Kim Kardashian's wallet, I was super excited to see the faux nipple bra because I've been rocking the real thing since before kids. My hope is that the end result of this trend, after it invariably fades away, is a general public more accepting of women's nips.
Me looking at the pictures and screaming in my own head "JUST DON'T WEAR A BRA, WE HAVE OUR OWN NIPPLES!"
Yes, because all those NBA players will just be hitting those threes once they feel more confident about their nipples!!!
Brilliant, wonderful, thank you! What you're talking about here relates to my next post, too, about the trend of preadolescent and adolescent girls adopting multistep skincare routines. The lack of critical thought behind the trend astonishes me...though it shouldn't. xo
As the mother of an 8 year old girl this makes me want to scream!!!
Jessica - I am sure you have seen this article in The Guardian today but posting here on the off chance that you haven't. https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2023/nov/01/wellness-industry-healthcare-women-stress
Maaaaaaaan, I went to that plastic surgeon's instagram, BODY HORROR TO THE MAX! Absolutely beautiful women being injected over and over, their faces dotted with blood, to look very very slightly different afterwards.
I guess the statute of limitations has run out against 90s Supermodels and fashion magazines for making me feel like a fat troll most of my life?
u are so so amazing
Fuck YES JESS