Why Can't We Let New Mothers Just Be? From Aishwarya To Katrina, Internet's Cruel Obsession With The 'Bounce Back'

From Bipasha Basu and Neha Dhupia to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sameera Reddy, actresses have repeatedly faced scrutiny over how their bodies changed after childbirth

“It is literally impossible to be a woman…You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin. You have to say you want to be healthy, but also you have to be thin. You have to have money, but you can’t ask for money because that’s crass. You have to be a boss, but you can’t be mean… You’re supposed to love being a mother, but don’t talk about your kids all the damn time. You have to be a career woman, but also always be looking out for other people. I’m just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us."

Every word of America Ferrera’s monologue from Barbie is a hard-hitting truth for women in today’s world. You can spend decades building a career, a business and a public identity, but the internet will only care about the number on your weighing scale. Nothing is ever enough.