Ciao lovelies! Today’s post is going to be on something I saw
in the news and was horrified by- Kim Kardashian promoting appetite suppressant
lollipops. (Trigger Warning, In this post eating disorders are discussed).
While watching the news I heard a story that completely horrified
me. In the story, it was discussed that Kim Kardashian was promoting a new
product for @flattummyco , an appetite suppressant lollipop. She was promoting
this product on Instagram using the caption:
“#ad You guys… @flattummyco just dropped a new product.
They’re Appetite Suppressant Lollipops and they’re literally unreal. They’re
giving the first 500 people on their website 15 percent OFF so if you want to
get your hands on some… you need to do it quick! #suckit”
I personally find this to be completely in bad taste, as I
feel Kim Kardashian is promoting unhealthy relationships with food and
potentially promoting eating disorders. Having an appetite is normal. You want
to have an appetite because wanting food means you’re healthy. Eating is
healthy.
I especially find this post to be poor judgement because it
was posted during Mental Health Month. Clearly Kim Kardashian doesn’t care
about the kind of messages she spreads to her fans, some of whom may be young,
impressionable women.
I don’t understand why people follow the Kardashian family
in the first place, but I think now is the time to stop following them. They seem
to get away with promoting so many bad behaviors to young women/girls. They
continue to perpetuate impossible beauty standards with photoshopped images and
plastic surgery. (not that there’s anything wrong with getting plastic surgery,
but they use it to influence people).
Many others also had negative reactions to Kim Kardashian’s
post:
What do you think of this scandal? Do you think it’s wrong
for Kim Kardashian to promote this unhealthy behavior? Do you defend her? Let me
know in the comments!
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2 Comments
Oh my goodness. Kim needs to get educated on eating disorders and mental health in general. All the Kardashians are using their fame to get money. That's it! That's why I'm not a fan of them.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. There are many people in this world that need educated on mental health, and celebrities are definitely some of them! Thanks for reading!
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