Today in 'What Are Weibo Users Doing With Their Lives??' : The Belly Button Challenge

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

Can you touch your belly button by reaching behind your back and around your waist?


A new social media trend has kicked off in China, with thousands of netizens uploading photographs of themselves showing off their bodies and undertaking the challenge.

Popular among many young female users on Weibo, the trending topic - which translates as "reaching your belly button from behind to show your good figure" - was mentioned more than 130m times among Weibo readers.

It also spawned 104,000 active discussion threads, but has also led to concern about whether it's promoting an unhealthy body image.

"Look! Success. More than four hours and I've finally reached my belly button" said Weibo user GayleRabbit.
Another user remarked: "Whoa. Why does my belly button suddenly look and feel brand new?"


'Underdog Buddha'
While the trend was dominated by many female users on Weibo, a photo uploaded by a male blogger took the microblogging community by storm.
"Is this trend really that difficult? I don't think so" said Weibo user Sough Sa.

His photo showcasing his attempt at touching his belly button, drew 2,634 likes and was shared more than 8,452 times.

It also drew more than 2,000 comments from other users on Weibo.
"You go Buddha! Show the skinny girls how it's done," said one user.
Weibo user MedicalCream Tang Zhao said: "Now you did it! So don't lose weight and please stay the same"
"I always root for the underdog. Now I don't feel so inadequate about not being able to touch my belly button" said another user.


Waist Wars
"Does one need to have flexible arms? Or a skinny waist to pull this off?" asked Weibo user Chantilly623.

But some experts argued that China's new belly button trend bordered on promoting eating disorders and "distorting" society's standards of beauty.
"Quirky poses and pictures can be fun but sometimes they also become expressions of competitiveness or insecurity" said Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager at Aware, a non-governmental organisation in Singapore championing women's rights.

She also told the BBC that the trend seemed to be "one more way of scrutinising women's bodies to see whether they are 'good enough'".
"We need to do more to promote acceptance of diversity in women's bodies"

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Instead of encourage you to hurt yourself trying to reach your own bellybutton op collected a bunch of idols failing this crazy challenge:

Some Exo members:

(the struggle is real)

CNBLUE's Yonghwa:
(c)

Most of AOA girls:
(c)

Omona reades lets not try this at home



Source:BBC.com, Supin2402,Sehuna

Comments

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

Omona reades lets not try this at home
Sorry, I already tried and I can't.

I think this has to do more with elasticity and long arms, than with being thin.

[mamamoos.livejournal.com]

mte

[poemetragurl.livejournal.com]

exactly.

[froggster.livejournal.com]

that guy's hand is the wrong way up. there has to be someone behind him.
but eff this entire thing even if I can basically do it.

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

"that guy's hand is the wrong way up. there has to be someone behind him."

true! i just noticed that now and it looks so wrong...

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

oh lol yeah there's no way that can be his hand, plus what looks like a shadow could actually be the other person's upper arm

[psharp10.livejournal.com]

whoops i tried it already...and came close but yeah nvm
this shall be listed under my "things to do at 2am"

[mad-nux.livejournal.com]

shame I can't reach mine even if I have small waist

And today on stupid things people do...

[cafetin99.livejournal.com]

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[benihime99.livejournal.com]

I have hypermobility does that give me the "good figure card"?
Cause that'd be dumb as fuck

[adenar.livejournal.com]

i got mine! i didn't think i could but then i'm good at that clasping-your-hands-together-behind-your-back-with-one-over-the-shoulder stretch so i guess it's related to that. it's easier with my right hand though.

[juhli.livejournal.com]

the pose looks gross to me

[kwonddochi.livejournal.com]

it's more like a flexibility test. i reached it even with this not flat stomach. lol

[jrt131n.livejournal.com]

The black and white picture is sehun right? If so....this
Strangely pleases me. And poor dude from cnblue(I can't remember how to spell his name) tho, I tried this a couple of days ago and nope. Not flexiable.

[torontok.livejournal.com]

I have insanely flexible shoulders, I can rotate my arms in it's socket yet I can't do this.It has less to do with weight and more with proportions.
"Look! Success. More than four hours and I've finally reached my belly button" said Weibo user GayleRabbit.
Four...hours....

[hozrien.livejournal.com]

Lol I can't do it, I have short arms and I only get to my hips.

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

same
just by looking at my arms i know i'm hopeless lol

[luminousbodies.livejournal.com]

sehun's body is unreal

[sayitisso.livejournal.com]

this trend is really pissing me off and it's being taken very seriously on sns in china and taiwan. obviously if you're skinnier it will be easier but it's mostly about flexibility yet it's being passed off as a "good figure" test.

[age-ofconsent.livejournal.com]

MTE i've been seeing it everywhere

[huanyia.livejournal.com]

i can't even do it and i'm swimmer where you're supposed to be strong and semi-flexible

[921227.livejournal.com]

It's definitely more of a flexibility text

And I always figured Sehun's figure was spaghetti noodle chic, but jfc how much is his waist?!

[heyitsrocky91.livejournal.com]

I think I saw a post on Pann that had Kai and Sehun's pants with the waist sizes and it was like 28 lol

[baddiemey.livejournal.com]

jimin stays the worst

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

Okay but why Exo got on those blue velvet Temptations pants?

[donutism.livejournal.com]

I tried and no way it is happening lol

[in-noctem.livejournal.com]

I have short arms and I'm extremely inflexible but I also have a small and short torso so that probably helped me reach without any effort.

But who even decided to do this in the first place lol

[sub-divided.livejournal.com]

I can, but only by moving my stomach fat over to the side --> LMAO at whoever thinks this is a figure test.

[jrt131n.livejournal.com]

The only ones in EXO able to do it was Kai and Sehun...the rest....well....*looks off into the sunset*

[vonnadarling.livejournal.com]

I did it with no difficulty but I have really long arms

[layna.livejournal.com]

This is so dumb. Definitely more interested in this campaign one of my favorite lingerie brands started: http://blog.curvykate.com/the-ridiculous-craze-sweeping-the-world-say-no-with-boobsoverbellybuttons/

[heyitsrocky91.livejournal.com]

this is definitely a flexibility test more than anything lol...and if you have short arms like me, you're doomed xD

[welljustguess.livejournal.com]

xiumin looool

[hyungmoney.livejournal.com]

i love sehun's body so much idk