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Sicardi further explains the broader function of beauty in society: “Beauty has always been a tool of fear and respectability politics, a language of ‘passing’ in a system of surveillance and judgement. We’re going to see it operate in several ways – as a method of distraction (So many products! So many problems to fix in ourselves!), and as a way... See more

Conservative outlets now frame the once-celebrated body positivity movement as “emotionally manipulative”, accusing them of gaslighting the public into accepting unhealthy lifestyles.

After a brief exile during the body positive movement of the mid to late 2010s, “skinny culture” has recently slithered back into the mainstream. Health visits for eating disorders more than doubled among under 17s in recent years according to one study, celebrities openly use Ozempic and other GLP-1s, and “ultra-thinness” has returned as a beauty... See more

Lucy Rose “explores how women swallow their anger, desire, and animal instincts.”