Actress reveals what she 'weighs', which has nothing to do with kilos
By Larissa Waterson| 1 year ago
'Here is what I ACTUALLY weigh'
American actress Emmy Rossum is tired of women measuring their worth in weight.
The 31-year-old Shameless star has used a post to her Instagram page to clap back at toxic representations of the female body that increasingly inundate social media platforms.
In an Instagram story, Rossum hopped aboard the @i_weigh movement - a cause started by British actress Jameela Jamil to place importance on defining people by their achievements rather than the numbers on a scale.
"During my life the scale has told me that I've gained and lost, gained and lost," Rossum wrote in one of her Instagram posts.
"Somewhere in the range of 20 pounds. But that piece of metal doesn't really know. Here is what I ACTUALLY WEIGH."
The actress goes on to discuss the personality traits she is proud of such as "empathy," "Jewish and proud," "100 + hours of television," "One happy marriage," and "3 episodes of television directed."
Thank you @emmy
A post shared by I WEIGH 📣 (@i_weigh) on Aug 8, 2018 at 6:20pm PDT
"See, when you add up everything you are??" she said. "The size of your thighs don't really matter anymore do they?!"
The @i_weigh Instagram movement was initiated by Jamil in March in an effort to make people of all shapes, sizes, colours and more "feel valuable and see how amazing we are and look beyond the flesh on our bones."
Since starting up, the account has garnered close to 100,000 followers and is dedicated to sharing the achievements of everyday people from around the world. Instagram users are encouraged to share a post of themselves and celebrate what they are most proud of.
#iweigh #fuckingkg
A post shared by I WEIGH 📣 (@i_weigh) on Aug 9, 2018 at 11:07am PDT
As well as creating her own @i_weigh testimony, Rossum also shared screenshots of other people's @i_weigh profiles.
"Just sharing a few other people's posts because there are so many amazing people out there," she said.
Jamil started the @i_weigh account in response to a February Instagram post by a Kardashian which promoted toxic messages about body image.
The Good Place actress took it upon herself to shift the narrative and focus on the weight of women's achievements instead.
Sharing photos of real people, she uses the account to list authentic and positive attributes, beyond the physical form.
On the page, she includes her relationship, great friends, financial independence and love of comedy on her own "weight" list.
I decided to update my @i_weigh post to match the honesty of the other people's. I had only written about the good stuff before. Social media stops us from being honest about ourselves. Who are you? What do you do? How do you make people feel? Send it all to DM on @i_weigh ❤️❤️❤️
A post shared by Jameela Jamil (@jameelajamilofficial) on May 28, 2018 at 8:04am PDT