i think we need to be aware of how dangerous it is that skinny is back in.
as a girl with a pretty curvy figure (i am a teen, so i’m still waiting for when i’m fully developed) i see girls online romanticizing VS angel/slavic doll bodies which makes me so concerned. they are so thin that they are seen as skeletons.
i believe this emphasizes the fact that patriarchy still runs rampant. they see women with hourglasses and pears as fat/chubby while having the ideal body be completely shaved and skinny with no boobs. it makes it obvious that it’s enforcing an unhealthy and a very creepy, childlike standard. they do not want us to grow up.
it’s so concerning seeing people romanticize EDs and such all in the name of looking like these girls who were actively using drugs and barely eating anything in order to stay with the trend and what the patriarchy wants. even women who have a decent weight/bmi are still considered fat.
all in all, if you’re curvy, chubby, skinny, and so on, be proud of your body and don’t listen to what the patriarchy tells you! you are beautiful and you shouldn’t conform to standards that will hurt you. don’t give in to what they want.
having more weight, body hair, and sass doesn’t make you any less of a woman.
