A post shared by Julia Bradbury (@therealjuliabradbury)So when I saw the responses I was a little heartsore. I honestly hadn’t put the pictures out there to start a dialogue about body image (although as my dad Michael says, ‘When you put your head above the social-media parapet, expect it to get chopped off every now and again’) and I didn’t understand the vitriol.
Most of the negative messages weren’t ones of concern – they reeked of hate. And that made me sad. The first ‘thin-shaming’ message read: ‘Omg Julia, for god sake have a few bags of chips!’Next, someone came to my defence: ‘Really ****** me off when people comment on my weight even though I eat more (and less healthily) than most.’But the ping-pong of dialogue continued: You.
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