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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish there was a wider range of body types represented in commercials and magazines when I was growing up. Instead I wasted years of my youth pinching my tummy and thinking I was obese because my hip bones weren't sticking out like the models in YM and 17. I'm guessing OP grew up in the 80s, 90s or early 2000s when really thin models were glamorized. Its hard to shake your brain free of "good = skinny" and "bad = fat" but I hope that future generations of young women won't waste as much time thinking they are "less than" because of their weight and body shape. OP, it will probably always be jarring for our generation but ultimately, its a good thing.  [/quote]

If the content on the Tiktok app I’ve been watching (in a quarantine stupor) is representative of girls’ self esteem (ranging from teens- 20s) we are all in trouble. It is all about restrictive eating and “being strong” is now the faux feminist code for the de rigueur: “cut, fit, muscular.” It’s not enough just to be thin.  Nothing wrong with being strong, but it is ALL still about physical appearance with these poor girls. I wouldn’t worry too much about fat acceptance, our young women seem to have internalized the bodies as currency concept, just like previous generations. [/quote]

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