Tell Me Baby

It’s not often that I will concern myself with new mum articles; being as child friendly as a razorblade rattle, the world of new mum matters tend to fly straight over my head. However, my brain has been somewhat addled recently, and there is a distinct need to activate it again and what better kick start than a good old fashioned rant?

So, in the Daily Mail last week was the headline ‘How the 'most beautiful woman in the world' has been accused of betraying her country for failing to lose her baby weight’.  This extreme headline was all because of an unfortunate photo of Bollywood beauty - Aishwarya Rai. Ok admittedly, it was the most flattering photo, but be fair, she was in the back seat of a car, so why would she be looking glamorous? Not to mention that she has just had a baby – which again, is not something that I have ever considered, but I can’t see it being much of a picnic. We have all had unfortunate photos taken of us, whether from an awkward angle (or just a general angle) but luckily enough most of us have the luxury of ‘damage limitation’.

Many years ago, I was crazy enough for a brief moment to sign up to Facebook. YES I KNOW! I didn’t put anything private on it, I didn’t put any photos of myself. I knew that if something had happened in my world, the people who mattered would already know so I didn’t even update my wall. However, an ex-friend of mine had put some of our holiday photos on her Facebook and tagged me in them. Anyhoo, her boyfriend (and my at the time arch-enemy) decided to make a rather unflattering comment about my presence in this photo. This comment, because attached to my tagged image, appeared on my Facebook – there for all the people I knew, could read the insult over and over again. Needless to say, that was the beginning of the end to my FB liaison.

Yes, I know I have moaned about this in the past, but what right to people have to make comment on others? In what world do you believe that to be acceptable? I had never heard of Aishwarya, and I saw from her photo’s she was incredibly stunning - in fact more goddess than human, but she hardly looks like she’s chewing a wasp now – and as for the extra weight - I really don't think its done her any damage at all, I think she looks stunning. I found this picture taken at Cannes this year, and I think she looks amazing, hardly the whale the media are making her out to be. She is gorgeous. 

 There is far too much pressure on new mums to be yummy mums.  One comment quoted in the article said ‘Fans say actress, 38, should lose weight fast 'like Victoria Beckham did’. I couldn’t disagree more. Aishwarya was quoted in saying that she just ‘wants to focus on being a mum’ and in my mind, that is the lesson that women like Victoria Beckham can learn from, not the learning curve that puts figure before family.