TV anchor slams viewer for body-shaming her: 'I'm taking my power back'

A Canadian television anchor hit back at a viewer who sent an email criticizing her cleavage during an appearance she had made. On Sept. 7, Kori Sidaway, an anchor at CHEK News in Victoria, British Columbia, took to Twitter to share the email. The sender, who claimed to be the “Vancouver Island Cleavage Patrol,” advised her that “too much cleavage” could “break” her news story. They also attached two photos: one of Sidaway as she appeared on air the day before and one of a woman wearing a dress with a much deeper V-neck cut. “What you think we see and what we actually see … Dress appropriately, it was hard work to get there”. In response, Sidaway chastised the viewer for body-shaming her in a strongly worded tweet. “To the nameless computer warrior(s) who try to reduce women into an outfit or a body part — this generation of women, doesn’t stand for harassment”. Sidaway’s tweet has since received over 7,000 likes and more than 1,000 responses