Is thin in?

[Anonymous]

You're "a bit worried"? why? Worry about yourself, and let others worry about themselves. BTW this fat-acceptance movement has done more harm than the thin-revolution ever has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It feels like early 2000s/heroin chic era beauty standards are making a comeback and I’m a bit worried

"thin" never left

[Anonymous]

I am a naturally thin person and at no point have I ever felt like my body type was "out". There are people who prefer someone with more curves and I think I always look better if my butt is more muscular, but it's not like I've been trying to put on weight the last decade or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a naturally thin person and at no point have I ever felt like my body type was "out". There are people who prefer someone with more curves and I think I always look better if my butt is more muscular, but it's not like I've been trying to put on weight the last decade or so.

Yep, this. Thin has never left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thin was never out.

there’s been a trend towards curvier builds this past decade or so (not curvy as in fat)

Not for wasps. Thin always in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes the Kardashian Thick is out
Thin is back in

+1

[Anonymous]

It's not like the trend in recent years has been towards women with thick middles, pot bellies, flabby arms and armpit fat, or heavy legs. It's not like the Botticelli rolls are back in vogue.

The trend has still be thin, but with unrealistically large boobs, butts, and thick thighs (unless you happen to be born with that precise body type. The goal was still a narrow waist and everything was supposed to be taught and toned.

Basically, recent trends gave a boost to women who have naturally big boobs and big butts, who previously might have been criticized for being too curvy (which was also a form of thinly veiled racism since white women are a little less likely to have that body type to begin with).

But at least in mainstream media, it's not like the body ideals being pushed are healthier than thinness. The Kardashians work out constantly, use dietary supplements and extreme dieting methods, and have had numerous procedures to get their bodies to look like that, and that's for women who are already predisposed to this body type (not waifs, except Kendall). Is that healthy? No.

The only way to actually find a healthy approach to bodies is to stop thinking of body types as being "in" or "out". OP's feigned concern over the health of women who diet to be slim is actually just disdain for thin for women. Bodies come in all shapes and sizes, the expectation should be to find a healthy way to care for your body no matter its shape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not like the trend in recent years has been towards women with thick middles, pot bellies, flabby arms and armpit fat, or heavy legs. It's not like the Botticelli rolls are back in vogue.

The trend has still be thin, but with unrealistically large boobs, butts, and thick thighs (unless you happen to be born with that precise body type. The goal was still a narrow waist and everything was supposed to be taught and toned.

Basically, recent trends gave a boost to women who have naturally big boobs and big butts, who previously might have been criticized for being too curvy (which was also a form of thinly veiled racism since white women are a little less likely to have that body type to begin with).

But at least in mainstream media, it's not like the body ideals being pushed are healthier than thinness. The Kardashians work out constantly, use dietary supplements and extreme dieting methods, and have had numerous procedures to get their bodies to look like that, and that's for women who are already predisposed to this body type (not waifs, except Kendall). Is that healthy? No.

The only way to actually find a healthy approach to bodies is to stop thinking of body types as being "in" or "out". OP's feigned concern over the health of women who diet to be slim is actually just disdain for thin for women. Bodies come in all shapes and sizes, the expectation should be to find a healthy way to care for your body no matter its shape.

I don't even understand body trends. You get what you get. I'm not doing surgery or enhancement or padding. My body is what I have. Thinish in some places (I'm a size 6) but thickish in others (my hips, my hips!!).

[Anonymous]

Why can’t HEALTHY be “in”?

I’m 5’4, 120lbs, can run a mile in 5:30, can do seven pull ups, never get sick, not on any medications, don’t have any surgeries. Why isn’t my body type the most desired in the world?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t HEALTHY be “in”?

I’m 5’4, 120lbs, can run a mile in 5:30, can do seven pull ups, never get sick, not on any medications, don’t have any surgeries. Why isn’t my body type the most desired in the world?

Don't worry, it is! It's healthy and it's rare.
Probably something like Jennifer Aniston's proportions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t HEALTHY be “in”?

I’m 5’4, 120lbs, can run a mile in 5:30, can do seven pull ups, never get sick, not on any medications, don’t have any surgeries. Why isn’t my body type the most desired in the world?

Wahhhhh poor you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t HEALTHY be “in”?

I’m 5’4, 120lbs, can run a mile in 5:30, can do seven pull ups, never get sick, not on any medications, don’t have any surgeries. Why isn’t my body type the most desired in the world?

It is. You sound thin and athletic, that is most women’s ideal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t HEALTHY be “in”?

I’m 5’4, 120lbs, can run a mile in 5:30, can do seven pull ups, never get sick, not on any medications, don’t have any surgeries. Why isn’t my body type the most desired in the world?

Slow clap for one of the best humblebrags I have ever, ever seen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can’t HEALTHY be “in”?

I’m 5’4, 120lbs, can run a mile in 5:30, can do seven pull ups, never get sick, not on any medications, don’t have any surgeries. Why isn’t my body type the most desired in the world?

I have no desire to run a mile in 5 minutes or do a single pull-up, but I’m still healthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a naturally thin person and at no point have I ever felt like my body type was "out". There are people who prefer someone with more curves and I think I always look better if my butt is more muscular, but it's not like I've been trying to put on weight the last decade or so.

Yep, this. Thin has never left.

+1

Thin has never been out for about a hundred years and “dainty,” a variation of thin, was in for a lot longer. OP is correct that extreme thinness cycles in and out, but thin has never not been the cultural goal in living memory.