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Recently, Irounded upsome examples of celebs who took “beauty is pain” way too seriously and wore red carpet looks that physically hurt them. So many women in the post said that wearing outfits they struggled to breathe in was “worth it” for the sake of fashion, which is honestly kind of sad. It got me thinking about all the “beauty standards” that make people (especially women) feel like they must suffer in order to look the “right” way.
For example, I’m really disturbed by how the glorification of thinness has led so many celebrities to useOzempicfor speedy weight loss, even though it’s meant totreatType 2 diabetes. Not only can it lead to dangerous side effects, but its popularity is alsocausinga shortage for people who actually need it to treat their diabetes.
And the treatment of natural aging as something to be prevented at all costs has gotten so bad that literal children arebuyinganti-aging skincare products.
And there’s also the way TikTok keeps trying to turn body types into trends, like “legging legs,” a term that had to bebannedfrom the app for potentially promoting negative body image and disordered eating.
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"[I hate] the way TikTok keeps trying to turn body types into trends, like ‘legging legs,’ a term that had to be banned from the app."
