Twitter Users Mocked Viral â€˜Boobs Are Backâ€™ Story, and for Good Reason

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Twitter Users Mocked Viral â€˜Boobs Are Backâ€™ Story, and for Good Reason

Attention ladies, big boobs are back â€” or so says theÂ New York Post.

In an article that ran on the Post website on Aug. 1 (an article that was originally published by U.K. newspaperÂ The Sun), writer Joely Chilcott claims,Â â€œBoobs are back in a big way!â€ The assertion left many who stumbled upon the article to wonder: 1) Where did boobs go in the first place? 2) If I donâ€™t have â€œbig boobs,â€ what do I do now? And 3) Seriously?

As many Twitter users pointed out, there are a few fundamental issues with this seemingly body-positiveÂ article.

Damn, one more way that I’m out of style.

[This whole article is super insulting to all women.] https://t.co/37zr8GgKIm

â€” Natalie Jackson (@nataliemjb) August 2, 2017

*gets boobs out of storage* https://t.co/Axhm97mPv8

â€” CeriLD (@CeriLD) August 2, 2017

For years I felt my massive boobs were a fashion faux pas. Thank god for the NY Post

â€” Julux (@julia_goolia__) August 2, 2017

First, suggesting that body parts are trendy is physically and emotionally harmful, as seen by any number of hasty,Â botched plastic surgery attempts by those who feel pressured byÂ arbitrary beauty standards, or the increase in cases ofÂ body dysmorphia inspired by the Instagram age.

Next, sexism. The article perpetuates physical sexism in a way that is entirely brazen. Chilcott writes, â€œStand up straight, push out your chest and work that feminine charm, as bountiful boobs are back in style.â€

Chilcott also derides small-chested women as those who â€œsmugly parade around braless in a way that only the small-breasted can,â€ while simultaneously lavishing compliments on Susan Sarandonâ€™s large breasts. With all this in mind, itâ€™s hard to takeÂ Chilcottâ€™s â€œbody positivityâ€ seriously. â€œWe should celebrate our bodies,â€ sheÂ writes, which is a statement with which we wholeheartedly agree. Though we have to say the tactics used here are not the route down which we would have gone.

So, dear reader: â€œBig boobs are backâ€ (apparently), but the truth is they never left. The boobs you have â€” big, small, medium-size, nonexistent â€” are now (and will forevermore) be completely in style.