Le Photoshoot ibungaza Abesifazane Bangempela Abangakwazi "Ukuthengisa Iphupho" le-Victoria's Secret

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Ngonyaka odlule, u-Ed Razek, owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu kwezokukhangisa kwa-L Brands (ongumnikazi weVictoria's Secret), watshela I-Vogue wayengeke neze alingise amamodeli ashintsha ubulili noma asayizi-plus ku-Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. "Kungani kungenjalo? Ngoba uhlelo luyinganekwane," esho. "Sazama ukwenza ithelevishini ekhethekile ngobukhulu obukhulu [ngo-2000]. Akekho noyedwa owayenentshisekelo kuyo, namanje akunjalo." (Kamuva uRazek waxolisa ngokuphawula kwakhe futhi esitatimendeni ukuthi uzokhipha imodeli ye-transgender embukisweni.)

Egqugquzelwe amazwi okuqala ka-Razek, umthwebuli wezithombe ozinze e-London kanye nomqondisi wobuciko, uLinda Blacker unqume ukubekela inselele umbono wokuthi abantu abashintsha ubulili kanye nabantu abakhulu kakhulu abakwazi "ukuthengisa inganekwane" ngemikhiqizo yangaphansi efana ne-Victoria's Secret.

Ngemuva kokuthi iVictoria's Secret Fashion Show ikhanseliwe kulo nyaka, kusho uBlacker Umumo wakha inguqulo yakhe yohlelo. "Ukumelwa kubaluleke kakhulu kimina, futhi nginentshisekelo enkulu yokwakha izithombe ezinika amandla kubo bonke abantu besifazane," kusho umthwebuli wezithombe. (Okuhlobene: LawaMamodeli Ahlukahlukene Afakazela Ukuthwebula Izithombe Zemfashini Kungaba Inkazimulo Engatholakali)

Kokuthunyelwe ku-Instagram, uBlacker wabhala ukuthi waqoqa iqembu lamamodeli ahlukahlukene - ukuthatha kwakhe "izingelosi" - ukufakazela ukuthi izingubo zangaphansi zenzelwe konke imizimba. Njengamamodeli weVictoria's Secret owabonile emgwaqeni, ithalente elivezwe kuphrojekthi kaBlacker ligqoke amasethi wezingubo zangaphansi ezinhle namaphiko ezingelosi amakhulu. Kodwa amamodeli ngokwawo—u-Imogen Fox, uJuno Dawson, u-Enam Asiama, uMegan Jayne Crabbe, uVanessa Sison, noNetsai Tinaresse Dandajena—achitha izindinganiso zobuhle ezivame ukuhlotshaniswa nezingelosi zikaVictoria’s Secret.

U-Imogen Fox, ngokwesibonelo, ukhomba "njengendlovukazi ekhubazekile eyindlovukazi" ethanda isiko lokudla okuyinselele kanye nemibono ejwayelekile yesithombe somzimba.

"Lapho imikhiqizo efana neVictoria's Secret iqhubekisela phambili uhlobo lomzimba omncane omhlophe njengokufanelekile, ibuye iqhubekise amanga athi labo bethu abangalingani ababi futhi abathandeki," kubhala uFox ku-Instagram ngokuthathwa kwesithombe. "Awu. Nangu mina. Ingelosi yami. Ingelosi yami emangalisayo, esebenza kanzima, ehlulekayo, ekhuluphele, ekhonza zonke izinhlobo zamaphupho amnandi ashukumisayo enizowathokozela nonke."

Omunye umlingisi oseqophelweni eliphezulu, uJuno Dawson, wavula isifuba ngokuthi le phrojekthi yayisho ukuthini kuye njengowesifazane oshintshe ubulili. "Ubudlelwano bami nomzimba wami bebuyinkimbinkimbi ngokuhlekisa kule minyaka edlule. Ukuguquka akuyona induku yemilingo eyenza ngokungazelelwe ukuthi uthande umzimba wakho. Ngithole ubulili bami kahle kodwa nginama-hang-hang afanayo enziwa ngabesifazane abaningi, ngakho-ke umbono wokuthi uzenze izingubo zangaphansi bekungu-F * * * ING TERRIFYING, ”ubhale kanje ku-Instagram.

UDawson uthe ekuqaleni ubenovalo ngalesi sehlakalo kangangokuthi "ucishe wabiza abagulayo." Kodwa ukuhlangana nawo wonke umuntu obambe iqhaza kulo msebenzi kwanciphisa ukwesaba kwakhe, wabhala kokuthunyelwe kwakhe. “Ngabona ukuthi izinkinga zami zibangelwa ukukhathazeka ngokuthi abanye abantu bazokwahlulela umzimba wami,” kubhala yena. "Akumele ngibanike lawo mandla. Umzimba wami uqinile futhi unempilo futhi uyindlu yenhliziyo nekhanda lami." (Okuhlobene: Indlela uNicole Maines Ahlahla Ngayo Indlela Yesizukulwane Esilandelayo Sentsha ye-LGBTQ)

Ukusiza ukwenza umbono wakhe uphile, uBlacker usebenze "nokukhethwa okubandakanya ngempela kwabesifazane abamangalisayo," esho. UTerri Waters, umsunguli wephephabhuku eliku-body-positive online I-Uedit, usize isitayela esimnyama amamodeli. "UTerri wenze umsebenzi oncomekayo eqinisekisa ukuthi izingubo zangaphansi zisebenzela imodeli ngayinye. Ngempela wayenakekela zonke izinhlobo zomzimba," kusho uBlacker. Umumo.

Ku-Instagram post okwabiwe ngayo ku- Ukuhlelwa kwe-UneditEkhasini lika-Waters, u-Waters uthe ukudubula bekungokokuqala "eba nelungelo lokugqoka amamodeli ahluke kangaka."

"Le ndlela kufanele ibe njalo: ukugubha imizimba kungakhathalekile ubukhulu, ukuma, umbala, ikhono, noma ubulili," kuqhubeka lo mbhalo.

UBlacker uthe inhloso yakhe ngokwenza lesi sithombe `` ukubona ukumelwa okwengeziwe kwabo bonke abesifazane nemizimba '' kwabezindaba. (Okuhlobene: Le Blogger Yesayizi Enkulu Ikhuthaza AbakwaMfashini ukuba Benze #MakeMySize)

Ngenhlanhla, imikhiqizo efana ne-ThirdLove, Savage x Fenty, ne-Aerie kukhona ukwamukela ukwehluka kanye nokuzethemba komzimba. Kepha njengoba uNetsai Tinaresse Dandajena, oyisibonelo ekuqhumeni kukaBlacker, asho kokuthunyelwe ku-Instagram, ukubona ukumelwa okuningi kuvame ukuthi kusho ukudala umhlaba ofuna ukuwubona—njengoba kwenza uBlacker nethimba lakhe.

"Ngiyethemba lesi sithombe sisiza ukukhombisa nokuxhasa ukuthi yonke imizimba mihle futhi kufanele ibonwe futhi imelwe kwabezindaba," kusho uBlacker ku-Instagram. "Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi usayizi omkhulu, omnyama, wase-Asia, oshintshile, okhubazekile, i-WOC, wonke umuntu wesifazane oyedwa ufanelwe ukumelwa."

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