Khloe Kardashian's newest venture, a T.V show called "Revenge Body", is the most potentially damaging move of hers. Everyone has seen weight loss shows, like "The Biggest Loser", but in my opinion, this show sends the worst message about weight/body image. For those who don't know, the premise of the show is your typical makeover style show. Person comes in, talks about this person or that person that did them wrong and now they are out to create a new version of themselves.
Fine. I'm all for that. If you feel the need to recreate yourself after losing your job or a bad breakup, that can be a fine way to clean the slate and move forward. But Khloe recommends the best way to move on is to lose loads of weight and then show their "revenge body" off to the people who did them wrong.
The first two contestants are Will and Stephanie. Will's boyfriend broke up with him because of recent weight gain and Stephanie's friends clearly suck and have designated her as the "DUFF" or the designated ugly fat friend. Just reading that, I think it's safe to say that what both Will and Stephanie need is some different people in their lives, not weight loss.
By Khloe creating this show, she is sending the message to millions of people watching that the way to deal with a difficult life situation is losing weight. NOPE. That's called an eating disorder. Losing weight can get highly addictive and does not at all point at the root of the problem in Stephanie and Will's life.
At the end of the episode, the idea is that they stand up for themselves in their "new and improved" body because for some reason, losing weight means they are suddenly capable of having the power to vocalize how awful their friends/significant other made them feel. News flash. You always had the power to stand up for yourself because you're a person, not because you're thin.
The more episodes of this show that runs, the more reinforced this idea of insecure and hurt people will get that the way they deal with problems in life is losing weight. This cannot happen. Over 20 million people in the United States struggle with an eating disorder at some point in their life and nobody needs Khloe Kardashian to be the one to trigger it.
Updates
January 16, 2021
Reaching two hundred and fifty signatures serves as a reminder that many people are concerned about the normalization of harmful beauty standards. It is heartening to see that this perspective on the show resonates with so many others who prioritize mental health over aesthetic transformation.
Reached 250 supporters
January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Reaching this threshold will provide the evidence we need to show that people are tired of equating personal worth with physical appearance. I ask that you help us maintain this momentum as we approach our next objective. Your continued commitment shows that the message behind this show is no longer going unchallenged.
Reached 100 supporters
January 28, 2017
January 27, 2017
Reaching one hundred signatures will provide a necessary anchor for our message as we continue to challenge the narrative presented by this program. Please consider sending this link to someone who might appreciate a conversation about the impact of body image television.
52 Comments
I work as a clinician treating individuals with eating disorders and this show is absolutely contributing to poor messages and that one's value is based on their appearance which is false and empty.
As someone who has struggled with an eating disorder since my late teens, I know how damaging a show such as this can be to a confused young person with low self esteem. Unfortunately, even though the Kardashian sisters are not taken seriously by the majority of people, they are still a big influence on the vulnerable.
What a horrible way to reinforce to so many people that image is the most important thing in today's day and age. These people need support and maybe even therapists, not Khloe. What kind of "spokesperson" thinks that telling them that if they get skinny everything will be better. Trust me, I've had that mentality...it doesn't work!
Telling people that what's "wrong" with them can be cured by losing weight is selling snake oil & potentially seriously damaging
this is not the message that needs to be sent .. Weight loss does not magical change a person. This is nothing more then another fat shaming program.
This is probably a show that brings in good money, but the message is terribly wrong and damaging. I believed it for years and it splinters your sense of who you are, rather than heals you and makes you whole.
Awful show. Very damaging to people.
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Khloe Kardashian's newest venture, a T.V show called "Revenge Body", is the most potentially damaging move of hers. Everyone has seen weight loss shows, like "The Biggest Loser", but in my opinion, this show sends the worst message about weight/body image. For those who don't know, the premise of the show is your typical makeover style show. Person comes in, talks about this person or that person that did them wrong and now they are out to create a new version of themselves.
Fine. I'm all for that. If you feel the need to recreate yourself after losing your job or a bad breakup, that can be a fine way to clean the slate and move forward. But Khloe recommends the best way to move on is to lose loads of weight and then show their "revenge body" off to the people who did them wrong.
The first two contestants are Will and Stephanie. Will's boyfriend broke up with him because of recent weight gain and Stephanie's friends clearly suck and have designated her as the "DUFF" or the designated ugly fat friend. Just reading that, I think it's safe to say that what both Will and Stephanie need is some different people in their lives, not weight loss.
By Khloe creating this show, she is sending the message to millions of people watching that the way to deal with a difficult life situation is losing weight. NOPE. That's called an eating disorder. Losing weight can get highly addictive and does not at all point at the root of the problem in Stephanie and Will's life.
At the end of the episode, the idea is that they stand up for themselves in their "new and improved" body because for some reason, losing weight means they are suddenly capable of having the power to vocalize how awful their friends/significant other made them feel. News flash. You always had the power to stand up for yourself because you're a person, not because you're thin.
The more episodes of this show that runs, the more reinforced this idea of insecure and hurt people will get that the way they deal with problems in life is losing weight. This cannot happen. Over 20 million people in the United States struggle with an eating disorder at some point in their life and nobody needs Khloe Kardashian to be the one to trigger it.
Updates
January 16, 2021
Reaching two hundred and fifty signatures serves as a reminder that many people are concerned about the normalization of harmful beauty standards. It is heartening to see that this perspective on the show resonates with so many others who prioritize mental health over aesthetic transformation.
Reached 250 supporters
January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
Reaching this threshold will provide the evidence we need to show that people are tired of equating personal worth with physical appearance. I ask that you help us maintain this momentum as we approach our next objective. Your continued commitment shows that the message behind this show is no longer going unchallenged.
Reached 100 supporters
January 28, 2017
January 27, 2017
Reaching one hundred signatures will provide a necessary anchor for our message as we continue to challenge the narrative presented by this program. Please consider sending this link to someone who might appreciate a conversation about the impact of body image television.
52 Comments
As someone who struggled with an eating disorder for all of my young adult/adult life and finally was able to recover almost a year ago I agree that the message this show sends is very damaging. Diet culture is very real and we don't need another show that praises it and reinforces it.
I work as a clinician treating individuals with eating disorders and this show is absolutely contributing to poor messages and that one's value is based on their appearance which is false and empty.
As someone who has struggled with an eating disorder since my late teens, I know how damaging a show such as this can be to a confused young person with low self esteem. Unfortunately, even though the Kardashian sisters are not taken seriously by the majority of people, they are still a big influence on the vulnerable.
What a horrible way to reinforce to so many people that image is the most important thing in today's day and age. These people need support and maybe even therapists, not Khloe. What kind of "spokesperson" thinks that telling them that if they get skinny everything will be better. Trust me, I've had that mentality...it doesn't work!
Telling people that what's "wrong" with them can be cured by losing weight is selling snake oil & potentially seriously damaging
this is not the message that needs to be sent .. Weight loss does not magical change a person. This is nothing more then another fat shaming program.
This is probably a show that brings in good money, but the message is terribly wrong and damaging. I believed it for years and it splinters your sense of who you are, rather than heals you and makes you whole.
Awful show. Very damaging to people.
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As someone who struggled with an eating disorder for all of my young adult/adult life and finally was able to recover almost a year ago I agree that the message this show sends is very damaging. Diet culture is very real and we don't need another show that praises it and reinforces it.