The "Oppenheimer" actress remarked that people are now "terrified of the human body."
Florence Pugh is tired of people making remarks about women's bodies, even her own.
The "Oppenheimer" star talked candidly with Elle about the negative feedback she received when she wore a transparent Valentino dress the previous year and how it affected her.
The conversation was done by Pugh's friend and fellow actor Jodie Turner-Smith. "I think the scariest thing for me are the instances where people have been upset that I've shown 'too much' of myself," Pugh said.
My nipples were on view through a piece of cloth when everything with the Valentino pink dress went wrong a year ago, and that really upset people, said Pugh. People are afraid of my independence because they know I'm at ease and content.
"Keeping women down by commenting on their bodies has worked for a very long time," the "Midsommar" performer said. "I believe that right now, a lot of people are expressing the sentiment 'I don't give a shit.'" Unfortunately, we are now so afraid of the human body that we are unable to even look at my two tiny, adorable nipples hidden beneath cloth in a non-sexual way.
She said, "We need to continuously reminding everyone that there are other purposes for the existence of women's bodies. "I speak the way I do about my body because I would much rather lay it all out. I'm not trying to hide the cellulite on my thigh or the squidge in between my arm and my boob."
Pugh responded to the criticism of her revealing dress as soon as she wore it to the Valentino haute couture show in Rome last July.
She noted that several of the critics had posted their "job titles and work emails" on social media. "What's been interesting to watch and witness is just how easy it is for men to totally destroy a woman's body, publicly, proudly, for everyone to see," she added.
What's worrisome is just how vulgar some of you men can be, she added. "It isn't the first time and certainly won't be the last time a woman will hear what's wrong with her body by a crowd of strangers," she said.
Pugh was unaffected by any of the criticism since she kept wearing transparent clothing in the months that followed the social media uproar.
Show wrote in one of her Instagram posts,"Listen, I knew when I wore that incredible Valentino dress that there was no way there wouldn’t be a commentary on it. Whether it be negative or positive, we all knew what we were doing.
I was excited to wear it, not a wink of me was nervous. I wasn’t before, during or even now after.
What’s been interesting to watch and witness is just how easy it is for men to totally destroy a woman’s body, publicly, proudly, for everyone to see. You even do it with your job titles and work emails in your bio..?
It isn’t the first time and certainly won’t be the last time a woman will hear what’s wrong with her body by a crowd of strangers, what’s worrying is just how vulgar some of you men can be.
Thankfully, I’ve come to terms with the intricacies of my body that make me, me. I’m happy with all of the ‘flaws’ that I couldn’t bear to look at when I was 14.
So many of you wanted to aggressively let me know how disappointed you were by my ‘tiny tits’, or how I should be embarrassed by being so ‘flat chested’.
I’ve lived in my body for a long time. I’m fully aware of my breast size and am not scared of it.
What’s more concerning is…. Why are you so scared of breasts? Small? Large? Left? Right? Only one? Maybe none?
What. Is. So. Terrifying.
It makes me wonder what happened to you to be so content on being so loudly upset by the size of my boobs and body..?
I’m very grateful that I grew up in a household with very strong, powerful, curvy women. We were raised to find power in the creases of our body. To be loud about being comfortable. It has always been my mission in this industry to say ‘fuck it and fuck that’ whenever anyone expects my body to morph into an opinion of what’s hot or sexually attractive.
I wore that dress because I know.
If being loudly abusive towards women publicly in 2022 is so easy for you, then the answer is that it is you who doesn’t know.
Grow up. Respect people. Respect bodies. Respect all women. Respect humans. Life will get a whole lot easier, I promise.
And all because of two cute little nipples….
Oh! The last slide is for those who feel more comfortable with that inch of darker skin to be covered…
#fuckingfreethefuckingnipple "