Ivanka Trump faces a backlash for sharing a photo of her ‘Challenge Accepted’ as part of a trend on social media claiming to be about ‘women who support women’ but who critics have called her ‘tasteless’ and ‘meaningless’.
The 38-year-old visited Instagram on Tuesday to share a black-and-white photo of herself pregnant with her four-year-old son Theodore, along with a post about how all women are mothers and should be nice to him. the other.
‘#Challenge accepted. Thank you for the brotherhood: the women who held me and pushed me forward! Each day offers countless opportunities, large and small, to spread the light and lift those around us, ” he wrote in the caption.
Slammed: Ivanka Trump faces a backlash for sharing a black-and-white photo of herself when she was pregnant as part of the ‘women who support women’ challenge
Gushing: In your legend, you wrote that women “are ALL mothers” and should be mutually supportive. Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle called the post “beautiful”
‘Let’s be kind to each other. Let us choose to love, support, and strengthen one another. We are ALL mothers, each one brings something unique and beautiful to this world. Let’s go [love] Each other. I challenge all my followers to lead with love. You create the future while you live. #womensupportingwomen “.
The photo was taken during Ivanka’s photo shoot for the February 2016 issue of Town & Country magazine. In the glamorous portrait, she is wearing a button-down dress while cradling her baby. You edited the original image to make it black and white before publishing it online.
President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter is among the millions of women who have posted flattering black-and-white photos of themselves this week using the hashtags #WomenSupportingWomen and #ChallengeAccepted in the name of female empowerment.
Celebrities like Reese Witherspoon, Khloe Kardashian, Eva Longoria, Jennifer Aniston, and Kelly Rowland have participated in the social media ‘challenge’, although many have found Ivanka’s involvement to be problematic for several reasons.
Not having it: Ivanka was criticized for participating in the ‘challenge’ when the Trump administration has been criticized for being anti-woman
Reaction: Critics argued that if she really supported women, she wouldn’t support her father, while others posted emoji with vomiting in the comments.
The first daughter has long claimed to support women, despite her role in her father’s administration, which has been criticized for her anti-woman agenda.
Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, commented that Ivanka’s post was ‘beautiful’, but not everyone was so impressed considering the White House chief counsel’s continued support for her father’s controversial policies.
‘Ummm … I am not supporting a white supremacist enabling legacy case that is destroying the country. Even if they are women, I’m sorry! one person commented, while others posted the face vomiting emoji to show their disgust.
‘If you really supported women, you would be outraged by your father and his entire administration. You’re a joke! ‘ Someone else replied.
In an article for Refinery29, writer Elly Belle questioned Ivanka’s motivation to claim that women ‘are ALL mothers’ while sharing an old pregnancy photo of herself.
Disagree: Ivanka has long alleged that she supports women, despite her role in her father’s administration, which has been criticized for backtracking on women’s rights.
Criticism: Some Twitter users shared Ivanka’s post as proof that the social media challenge was pointless. The trend itself has been criticized for being an empty and performative gesture.
“Ivanka is doing what Ivanka does best to position herself as an eternal person, while using her identity as mother and woman to evade responsibility for the ways in which the Trump administration has hurt women and mothers,” she wrote.
“Or perhaps Trump’s point is simple and he is saying that all women are mothers in their own way, regardless of having children, but it is true that not everyone wants to be referred to as mothers, or that their value is linked to reproduction” .
Some Twitter users shared Ivanka’s post as proof that the trend was meaningless, and one person wrote, “You know if Ivanka trump is doing this wsw challenge you shouldn’t be … girls, share them.”
‘A useful barometer to know if a “challenge” on social media is purely silly ** t: Would Ivanka participate? another tweeted.
‘Ivanka Trump did “challenge accepted” … better hang up, flat screen, “someone else commented.
Viral: Celebrities like Reese Witherspoon have posted black and white photos of themselves using the hashtags #WomenSupportingWomen and #ChallengeAccepted.
Strike a pose: Khloe Kardashian posted this photo of herself on behalf of female empowerment as part of the trend, which has received mixed reviews
The challenge of ‘women supporting women’ in itself has met criticism this week as some see it as an empty performative gesture. Its origins are also unclear, as there are conflicting theories about how the challenge started.
New York Times writer Taylor Lorenz noted that people have been sharing black-and-white photos using the #ChallengeAccepted hashtag since 2016, including a campaign to raise awareness about cancer.
A representative from Instagram told The New York Times that the first post of ‘this current cycle of challenge’ was shared a week and a half ago by Brazilian journalist Ana Paula Padrão.
Others have claimed that the trend recently started in Turkey when women started sharing black and white photos to raise awareness of femicide and domestic violence.
Many have entered the challenge without question simply because they were nominated by their friends, and the recent backlash has even led some, including Jennifer Love Hewitt, to remove their #ChallengeAccepted posts.
Ivanka has been called multiple times throughout her father’s presidency for her ‘deaf to tones’ social media posts, and has yet to publicly respond to criticism.
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