The massive shame Winslet had to endure from that point on was both vicious and personal. A drama teacher once told her that she should “stick to fat girl roles”, but the collective obsession with her weight increased exponentially afterwards. Titanic came out. At some point during 60 minutes In the interview, a clip is shown of a red carpet commentator telling Kate that she was “melted and poured” in her dress and that she should have worn one two sizes larger.

Such casual cruelty is hard to imagine today, in an age of increased body positivity. It’s hard for a young girl in 2024 to truly understand what it was like back then, how acceptable it was to publicly and callously comment on someone’s size, let alone the fetishization of extreme thinness. , especially in the pages of fashion magazines. For anyone who, in the 2010s, created a satirical blog The Vagenda to criticize media sexism, I’m amazed at the journey so many publications have taken and the different climate in which the next generation of girls are being raised. That’s not to say they don’t face their own challenges, of course. , but today’s media environment is barely recognizable, and I call that progress.

But true liberation is still far away. I believe this will come when the women of Hollywood and their female audiences are given the respect they deserve. This means not having to fight to get films like Lee do. As a former model, Miller’s own career as a war photographer for Vogue was hard-won and she faced objectification throughout her life. It’s no surprise that her story resonated with Winslet, who got into the show as she always does, getting an exact replica of Miller’s camera and learning how to use it.