Jameela Jamilcanceled conservative commentator Candance Owens’ upcoming segment on her podcast after the two were involved in a Twitter feud.
TheGood Placeactress — who has also made a name for herself as an outspoken body activist — slammed Owens earlier this week for making a controversial comment about a transgender man giving birth.
“SAD TO ANNOUNCE that@jameelajamilhas revoked my invitation to her podcast bc I tweeted ‘only women can give birth’. Apparently the statement made her trans co-workers feel ‘unsafe’. My refusal to untether myself from biological realities has cost me, yet again. SAD!” the conservative personality wrote.
Owens also quipped in a follow-uptweetto Dave Rubin — who hosts the political podcastThe Rubin Report— that “under no circumstances can you give birth,” adding “… Am I still allowed to come on your podcast later this year or has this statement made you feel unsafe?”
Jamil was quick to respond to Owens, arguing her own point of view.
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The feud continued with Owensreplying, “LOL ‘only women can get pregnant and only men can impregnate them’ is now considered a form of bullying,” adding “@jameelajamil— keep us posted when 2+2=4 becomes a form of bullying as well.”
In November,Taylor Swiftshared that she was is fully on board with Jamil’s push for body neutrality.
TheLoversinger, 30, supports thebody neutrality movement— the idea that people don’t need to praise their bodies or focus on how they look — and wants people to stop judging other people’s figures or scrutinizing their own.
“Thank God we’ve had#MeToo movementsand moments where we’re looking at ourselves as a society and we’re looking at internalized misogyny. We’re looking at the way we treat critiquing women’s bodies,” she toldBeats 1hostZane Lowein aninterviewon his Apple Music show New Music Daily.
Swift mentioned Jamil assomeone who is leading the way.
“We have amazing women out there like Jameela Jamil saying, ‘I’m not trying to spread body positivity. I’m trying to spread body neutrality where I can sit here and not think about what my body is looking like,’ ” the artist said.
source: people.com
