“I don’t see the ‘sexual object,'” says the singer, whose Calvin Klein campaign was canceled.
After the Calvin Klein advertisement with FKA twigs was banned by the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) at the beginning of January, the singer is now speaking out about the topic on Instagram.
In the billboard advertisement, the 36-year-old was seen on the side with an open shirt and half naked. After two complaints from the public, the ASA justified the ban on the grounds that the photo portrayed the British art-pop singer as a “stereotypical, sexual object” and that “the composition of the image draws the viewer’s focus on the body rather than the clothing being advertised.” “would lay.
FKA twigs counters: “I see a beautiful, strong woman”
On Instagram, Tahliah Debrett Barnett, the real name of FKA twigs, now defends the advertising and writes about the controversial image: “I don’t see the ‘stereotypical, sexual object’ that they described me as. I see a beautiful, strong, dark-skinned woman whose incredible body has overcome more pain than you can imagine.”
The Brit further explains that she feels like there are double standards when she compares her advertising campaign to other posters. For example, the actor Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”) is currently advertising for Calvin Klein in boxer shorts and with little to no clothing and is being applauded by the public for it.
Last but not least, in her Instagram post she emphasizes: “I am proud of my body” and she will not let her “narrative change.”