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Ariel Winter has become a queen of the body shamming clap back. But because Internet trolls never learn, another week has brought another round of criticism that Ariel is pushing back against.
Ariel took to Instagram to share her frustration that her everyday fashion choices are subject to so much scrutiny. In a post simply captioned “rant,” she wrote, “Something I wish people would realize…I am not trying to be featured on Snapchat, I am not trying to be pap’d everywhere I do, I am literally just living and unfortunately, I can’t do that without paparazzi following me around everyday. I’m not trying to show you my ass in shorts when I go to the grocery store. I’m trying to live my life. People wear shorts. People have wardrobe malfunctions. No one is perfect.”
The actress had tweeted earlier this month about her frustration that some saw her shorts as some kind of affront, instead of a reasonable solution for sweaty summer legs. Her most recent social media post on the issue, however, was spurred on by the response to a certain quote she gave in a recent Hollywood Reporter interview. Ariel explains in the interview that she was dressed in revealing clothing at an early age, and she felt sexualized as a result. She explained she’d wear, “the smallest miniskirts, sailor suits, low-cut things, the shortest dresses you’ve ever seen. People thought I was 24 when I was 12. If there was going to be a nude scene when I was that age, my mother would have a thousand percent said yes.”
While critics have called her hypocritical for criticizing the fact she called out her mother for dressing her in miniskirts while she dresses herself in revealing clothing, Ariel rightly points out there’s a big difference between someone sexualizing a child and an adult woman deciding what to put on her body. She goes on to write in the Instagram post, “As a child, you do as you’re told regardless of what is good for you. I’m an adult now, who can make my own choices and have my own identity. And just because I decide to show my body occasionally doesn’t mean I’m unintelligent or that I’m talentless or that I have no self respect.”
Because trolls are immortal creatures whose only food source is manufactured drama, this likely won’t be the last time Ariel has to defend how she chooses to dress herself, but no doubt she’ll be ready when the time comes with another well-thought-out, completely valid comeback.
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