Willow Smith Has Joined #FreeTheNipple, Proven She’s A Way Cooler 14-Year-Old Than You Ever Were
This nearly makes up for that NYT interview. Nearly.
Considering her first step into the public eye involved her narrating the action of her hair moving backwards and forwards for nearly four whole minutes — seriously, that ludicrously long song is only two minutes shy of Bohemian Rhapsody — it’s pretty easy to poke fun at Willow Smith. God knows she doesn’t help matters by vomiting nonsensical things about the universe, wisdom and mountain climbing to reporters from The New York Times.
But now, I think I’m starting to change my mind.
This week Willow Smith has officially joined the #FreeTheNipple movement by posting the following image on Instagram and Twitter. And, with this photo alone, I’m convinced she’s one of the coolest 14-year-old I’ve ever seen.
When did the women’s body start being something to hide? #freethenipple pic.twitter.com/RBxQTXhyIY
— Willy (@OfficialWillow) January 23, 2015
Though most who campaign for #FreeTheNipple do so with their nips out and proud — see: Chelsea Handler, Lena Dunham, Miley Cyrus, Scout Willis, and Cailtlin Stasey — there are obvious problems with Willow following suit. She instead showed her support with the help of a nifty boob-covered vintage Louis Vuitton shirt.
She’s also been posting photos and statements (that actually make sense) on her Instagram lately that suggest she’s taking a broader interest in this kind of thing.
Unfortunately, many still got sufficiently outraged and the #FreeTheNipple photo has since been deleted from her Instagram (although it still stands as her profile picture). This is also her second controversy about potentially inappropriate photos in the space of a year following this shot of her and a shirtless 20-year-old dude from Hannah Montana turning up last May.
Yes, she still posts a lot of cryptic stuff about enlightenment, emotional frequencies, and quantum physics but considering that the closest thing I got to activism when I was 14 was calling myself a punk while head-banging to Green Day’s American Idiot, I think Willow’s doing pretty damn well.
