This is Maria Kang.
Maria is a mum of three and she’s recently been shamed online and criticized for “fat-shaming women” after she posted this image of her post-baby body on her Faceboook page with the caption “What’s your excuse?”
The picture has gone viral, generating more than 16 million views on Facebook and over 12,000 comments – the majority from women answering the question with reasons they don’t look quite as hot post-baby.
Today, we’ve asked Mamamia body image contributor Taryn Brumfitt to answer that same question.
Taryn writes:
Dear Maria – what’s my excuse for not having a body like yours?
“OMG, It’s book week celebrations at school tomorrow and I’ve not made a costume for Oliver and Cruz. Hun, could you go & grab a yiros for dinner?” and “Just can’t be bothered going to the gym tonight, think I might stay in and watch The Bachelor” are just two excuses that spring to mind.
I’ve got a long list of the excuses that I could give Maria Kang for not looking like she does but really I don’t want to be accountable to her judgements (I don’t answer to her, I only answer to me) so instead of rambling off all my excuses I’d rather take the opportunity to set the record straight on a few things.