Taylor Swift praises 'amazing' Jameela Jamil for promoting body neutrality
The IndependentSign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Taylor Swift has praised Jameela Jamil for her stance on body image activism, expressing the importance of promoting body neutrality. We’re looking at the way we treat critiquing women’s bodies.” Swift continued, referencing the work of The Good Place star Jamil, who in 2018 launched her body neutrality-focused I Weigh movement. “We have amazing women out there like Jameela Jamil saying, ‘I’m not trying to spread body positivity. In a way it’s figuring out how to completely minimise that skill by taking something that everyone in their darkest, darkest moments likes to do, which is to slut-shame.” Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events Earlier this year, Swift expressed her admiration for Jamil’s work as a body image activist in an interview with Elle magazine.
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