Over the past few months, there has been a rise in the amount of popularity, conversations, and searches of the topic of body dysmorphia. While this disease has always been one of importance, there is prospect for a win on body image issues coming our way soon.
One of my all time favorite singer song-writers and body image activist Billie Eilish performed on Saturday Night Live on September 29th defying gravity in one of her signature ensembles singing “Bad Guy”. Now you may be asking, what in the world does this have to do with body dysmorphia? Well, you may have not heard of Eilish before, but the singer’s searches were at an all time high this past weekend as well as her and the beloved topic of body dysmorphia.
With a rise in this star’s popularity, her style and preaching of her own struggle with body image is bound to rise alongside with it. Billie makes a clear and conscious effort to shield her body from the public eye because she does not want to fall into the whims of this society feeling it is necessary to pick apart her body as if it is theirs. With her ground breaking fashion and ideals, just about everything Billie is creating or putting out there is becoming news.
Having someone who doesn’t feel the need to showcase, edit, or flaunt her body in the public eye but rather focus on her talents as a singer is something we have not seen in quite some time. Eilish is ground-breaking in the way that she is combatting social media and celebrity stereotypes by not only being open about her own personal struggles with body image, but focusing on who she is rather than what her body looks like.
The fact that this 17-year-old singer feels the need to hide her body because of how society picks apart others is absolutely sickening. Add in some body image issues for a young and rising star and mental health is surely to become a concern. We must speak up and against this society that adds to already crippling body image issues and take matters into our own hands just like our rising star Eilish.
Body Dysmorphia & Social Media Collide 