“This isn’t journalism. This is bullying.”
Millie Bobby Brown took to Instagram with a 3 minute video to call out reporters, name by name, who have created articles that shamelessly scrutinized her appearance and voiced out the gravity of these published works.
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The Enola Holmes star shared that this issue was necessary to address as it carries great potential in affecting young women, especially those who are in the public eye, relating to this as she too was in the industry when she was just 10 years old. It is apparent that a number of media outlets have dissected her looks which she described as “disturbing” in her emphasis that these stories are made by adult writers.
Brown expresses that it seems as though she has been targeted to this. She believes that this perception is from the idea that people think she is still in the same likeness of her character from Season 1 of Stranger Things, stating, “I grew up in front of the world, and for some reason, people can’t seem to grow with me. Instead, they act like I’m supposed to stay frozen in time, like I should still look the way I did on Stranger Things Season 1.”
The writers mentioned in the post’s caption had their names jotted down beside their respective headline that insinuate Brown has aged questionably and retort that she has either gotten aesthetic procedures done or could pass as someone’s mother. The actress urged to deepen the conversation on the matter saying, “Let’s talk about the articles, the headlines, the people who are so desperate to tear young women down.”
Brown couldn’t help but point out that some of these articles were written by women, which to her felt a whole lot worse noting, “We always talk about supporting and uplifting young women, but when the time comes, it seems easier to tear them down for clicks.”
The Damsel star was far from being one as she stood up for herself from who she describes as “disillusioned people,” that can’t seem to bear watching a girl become a woman on her own terms. She writes, “I refuse to make myself smaller to fit the unrealistic expectations of people.”,”I will not be shamed for how I look, how I dress, or how I present myself.”
Brown gracefully closed her statement by shifting the attention to how society should make its efforts to do better, not just for her, she says, but for young girls who deserve to grow up without worrying about being shamed for simply existing.
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