Cori "Choc" Broadus Combats Cyberbullying With Body Positivity — EXCLUSIVE

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56% Over half of girls say they can’t live up to the beauty standards projected on social media. Toxic beauty advice normalizes unrealistic and narrowly defined beauty standards, promotes potentially harmful beauty practices (like cosmetic surgery), and suggests that the key to building self-esteem is physical ‘perfection’.According to Stopbullying.gov, sending, posting, or distributing negative, hurtful, or malicious content about another person is considered cyberbullying.

This may involve disclosing sensitive information about another individual that can embarrass or humiliate them, such as naked selfies that might encourage illegal or criminal action.Article continues after video.Unfortunately, trolls have criticized musician Cori Broadus‘ appearance and the reason her boyfriend, Wayne Duece, is dating her in their cruel comments left on his Instagram caption.

When the pop diva responded to haters who felt it necessary to voice their opinions about her relationship, she posted a comment on her Instagram Story, which quickly went viral.A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom)“I thought it was necessary to respond, because for one, I’m a cancer, and I wear my feelings on my sleeves, so whenever I feel like something should be said, I get it out,” she tells ESSENCE exclusively. “Being in the public eye, it was something that I wanted to just touch base on because I’ve been dealing with that since I was in high school, ever since I started dating.”The 23-year-old claims that bullying because of her weight has affected her since she was a little girl.