does the skinny trend re-emerge when women get too powerful?

Episode 14

From Ozempic to the pilates body, it's no question that our social media feeds are starting to give mid-2000s (in the worst possible way). It feels like we're collectively unlearning body positivity and neutrality, if it was ever really there in the first place, and I want to know why. Are beauty trends a microcosm for what's happening in the political and social zeitgeist, and if so, what does the resurgence of skinny mean?

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