"Body-positivity movement has been left behind as weight-loss drugs are hailed as the answer to a long-standing problem It would be incorrect to say that skinny is back. Skinny simply never went away. The last few decades have given us different versions of it - everything from heroin chic to the curvier Kim Kardashian BBL look."
"The last few decades have given us different versions of it - everything from heroin chic to the curvier Kim Kardashian BBL look. But it's a bit like saying we've had every flavour from plain to vanilla. Whether the requirements are starvation, a strict workout routine or surgery, these body types have largely been unobtainable for most people."
Weight-loss drugs are being positioned as the primary solution while body-positivity has been sidelined. Cultural thinness ideals have persisted across decades, shifting between aesthetics such as heroin chic and curvier Kardashian-style looks. Achieving those ideals has often required extreme practices, including starvation, rigorous exercise routines, or surgical alteration. Those practices remain largely unobtainable for the majority of people. The growing focus on pharmacological solutions channels attention toward medicalized conformity with entrenched beauty standards rather than broader acceptance of diverse body shapes, highlighting persistent inequities in accessibility and desirability.
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