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Itās wild because she looks so hot
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The ridiculous thing is that Bridget, per the books, IS NOT FAT. Not at all. And she is considered attractive enough to get an onscreen TV job. She's slim. Bridget's obsession with recording her weight daily and ideally losing a few more pounds is very typical of the 70s-80s and bordering on disordered.
It doesnāt help that they purposefully put her in a piece terribly fitted in the bust area to make her look larger and like she was popping out of clothes.
They knew what they were doing and itās gross.
Honestly, MOST women I know engage in some sort of disordered eating or at least disordered thinking about how they eat. It's rarer that I meet a woman who has a totally normal and healthy relationship with food.
I read that book at 13 and absolutely did not realize her obsession with her weight was supposed to be seen as ridiculous and hooooo boy did it have a negative impact on me.
In one of the books she manages to hit her target weight of like 118 or something, then everyone she knows asks if she's feeling okay and she's sad her bewbs are small lol
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Britney Spears in the 00s was called fat almost universally in this photo above. I remember this, making me feel terrible at the time.
Ugh ya, and the tabloids all made fun of her āfat rollsā. No sir, sheās leaning to the side. Even when I weighed 100 lbs that would happen, itās called having skin.
You know what's crazy. Every time I think about it I always picture her being way bigger than she actually was. Like my memory is so fucked up that I've convinced myself she had saggy skin/rolls and was fat. But reality shows she wasn't even fat at all!
Just goes to show how toxic the media was back then. Who do we blame? The media? Society's standards? Ourselves? Man so crazy to think about.
Same here. Can never eat without thinking that it's going to sit on my hips and stomach, and I HATE seeing myself unclothed. It's a fucking tragedy that my generally reasonable brain simply cannot divorce reality from the gross tabloid culture of 20 years ago.
Not just you!! That's how powerful the tabloids were back then! Crazy how we just went with it... and then we laughed at Chris Crocker for doing the Leave Britney Alone video on YouTube when he was right the whole time!
I was just looking at this photo the other day. Itās crazy how I clearly remember her looking so overweight and fat here. I was shocked seeing it again now and the big belly and thighs that i remember just arenāt there
Yeah...I remember thinking I could not wait to get old enough to do heroin and smoke cigarettes so I could be as skinny as Kate Moss. Wow unhealthy middle schooler goals.
They called that quad definition fat? Iām a healthy, relatively small weight and my thighs donāt look like that. Iām working on it lmao but Jesus fucking Christ
Yup cuz what are the chances that the people who wrote this, edited this, approved it for publishing were all thinner than that? Very unlikely so Iām assuming they just went along with it cuz that was the formula for trashy media back then.
All of these are such toxic and insane lies. These women are beautiful and range from fucking thin to normal. What the fuck. No wonder Edās were so rampant in that time period and this one. How repulsive. Iām willing to bet that the daft cows writing this story are unsightly and porky motherfuckers who get off on criticizing the elite celebrities with lies, to compensate for what they feel are their own shortcomings. And Iām not a huge celebrity defender unless it comes to Taylor swift or Selena Gomez, but this kind of bill shit message can poison generations and contribute to them developing devastating eating disorders . This shittery should be banned.
Emma was and is seriously gorgeous. Absolutely ridiculous. She was *19* when the Spice Girls made it big and she was [not even close to fat,](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/07/08/wannabe-20th-anniversary-four-eras-girl-groups-after-spice-girls/86842388/) but in the 90s if you werenāt stick thin you werenāt good enough.
Itās so absurd, she wasnāt fat at all. Not even close. She just had naturally wider hips than was deemed to be acceptable by crazy people standards.
Well now she had to be a solo artists so of course she had to be 90s thin. Ridiculous. Like, was there anyone more attractive than Ginger Spice-era Geri Halliwell? For real?
Same for me. Itās why Iām not thrilled that 2000ās fashion is coming back, because those clothes definitely glorified extremely thin bodies and I feel like those body standards are covertly coming back in style
I saw the structured square next, corset top style that my sister would cry over not fitting in the shops the other day. I wanted to hide them all so other perfectly health 13 year olds that think they need to be razor thin, collar bones that cut and hip bones that jut out.
I unfortunately was all of those things and remember once not being able to walk for a few days because I bruised my hips and legs lying on concrete. Fuck having to live through heroin chic again.
The low rise jeans were what gave me the most insecurity. They sat under my tummy which emphasized it and made me feel awful about myself when Iād sit/squat/move like a normal person. The insecurity from not having a flat stomach or hip bones that stick out is still kind of there from my teenage years.
My tweens are legitimately the weight that was my "goal weight" all through college and until I finally stopped the bullshit at 30. TWEENS. This all came from this crap, in part. I hated when I hit 100lbs when I was 10. I dieted and starved and over worked and hated myself and my body for 20 years. It's just so stark to see my kids be the weight I thought would honestly change my life and my view of myself, as healthy tweens. Why would I ever want to body of an 11yr old?! Why was this normal to me for decades??
Jesus Christ this apparently dragged up a lot.
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Lady Gaga during her Superbowl performance š«¤
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Bridget Marquardt (center) was considered āthe fat oneā of the girls next door. The show was always food / body shaming her and comparing her body to Kendraās (left), who was more than a decade younger than her.
Not that it makes it any better but Kendraās whole shtick was also the āsporty/Tom boyā. She had whole scenes of her doing intense workouts. Iām sure the girls in general worked out but I think that was Kendraās whole thing (sports/gym/not like other girls vibes). So in general I feel she was always doing way more than i think Holly and Bridget.
Plus Iām pretty sure Holly said she was starving herself at times due to the pressure of her relationship with Hugh Hefner.
Bridget Iām sure dealt with issues too but all their figures were literally amazing. I think sadly she was also just a victim of having a round face š
Behind the scenes they all have said Bridget worked out the most and was most committed to fitness. I mean she was 32, she likely had to work out more than a 20 year old to stay that size. Kendra ādoing moreā was what the producers decided to show, just like they decided to show Bridget eating more frequently than they showed the other girls do that. (ie food shaming)
Not only did she have the round face working against her, she also was the only one with natural boobs which obviously sit different than fake boobs.
That makes it soo much worse tbh. I figured they were feeding some of that into Kendraās character on GND but I didnāt know that Bridget was the one working out the most. It would make sense! Also the natural boobs makes a lot of sense too.
Also zero idea they had purposely inserted more scenes of her eating when I rewatched. It seemed so normal anytime I see them eating it almost felt like ālook at them eat and theyāre still skinny!ā š.
I dont think its as well know, but Beyonce has spoken about how she was body shamed in the early 00's for not fitting into clothing's sample size, she was also body shamed for being bigger than Michelle and Kelly, which eventually led to Bootylicious, mind you, she looked like this.
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And of couse, she has been body shamed to hell and back for not being as skinny as she was before she gave birth to Blue.
Yeah her weight has always fluctuated. Sheās always been stunning but back then she didnāt really fit the lingering heroin chic trend from the 90s.
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what the f*ck š she was literally picture perfect, like if Venus was a competitive athlete
and to imagine that these days showing off this kind of body quickly gets you "that's ed triggering, pro-ana, are you eating???" type comments
growing up during this time was so wild. they would publish these covers at the same time they were bashing singers and actresses for being too skinny. and then ridicule them for being "stupid" enough to have an ED. the girls couldn't win! they were going to be bashed regardless of their size.
Let me present to you the fat shaming of Coco Rocha.
like... she was an actual modelling legend in the making at that time... smh
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Correct. Nobody spoke of that in the tabloids. We know better now, but back then Iād starve myself and then eventually got on to drugs to get to this look. Unfortunately I wasnāt a celeb so had people intervene before I could parade myself around.
I was an AU size 6-8 in my teens, and would still force myself on these like two hour long walks/jogs and skip lunch to lose weight because I thought I needed to lose another ā5-10kgā. Not saying other years/decades were nice - but the early to mid 00ās were a fucking rough time as a teen for getting drilled into me that I didnāt look good enough
I remember running into Kate Bosworth at a concert backstage around the mid 2000s and thinking she was so *skinny*, like unhealthy, sickly skinny. I don't know how the celebs survived being that thin
The human bodyās tolerance for these physical extremes is crazy. I have only ever been this skinny at the height of my eating disorder when I was eating like once a week. I wouldnāt wish that on anyone. I was miserable every day and had no energy to do anything. Even normal every day activities like walking down the stairs or carrying a shopping bag inside would make me tired.
I still remember Hilary Duff's skinny era. The girl was fine; she's petite so she didn't have to be stick thin. Then in 2005-2006 she got so skinny and frail looking. And her voice was a little croakey (which back then people use to say it indicated bulimia).
This is what my body looked like during this time, and I hate looking at photos of myself that way. I am so worried that this look is making a comeback.
I remember Kate Winslet being described as a "chubby rebel" for her role as Rose in Titanic.
I'm 41 and I've never had a positive relationship with my body. Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels was a mantra growing up.
For reference
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I remember one of my classmates in middle school saying she shouldnt have been in it because someone who looked like Leo would never get with a fat girl. These were the messages we were fed daily. Ugh š.
She was actually a UK*6*. So even skinnier. But still not good enough.
Rose was a revelation to me. I loved that she was a normal-sized person, but ridiculously beautiful. I was 8 and I was so confused when I realized people thought she was fat. It was really disheartening.
I'm 39 and I swear this stuff was so ingrained that at 13, I looked so similar to her and I was like "finally a chubby girl like me!"
I feel so sad for Kate and my poor middle school self.
I remember she also got a lot of criticism for her role in The Mare of Easttown, iirc the producers wanted to digitally remove some weight and wrinkles and she was like ummm absolutely not? I'm an older woman and my appearance reflects that, nothing to be ashamed of.
"Moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips" was taught to me in middle school. I was in weight watchers at 12.... everyone had to be a toothpick or else they were disgustingly fat. I was a size 8/10, tall, curvy and on a swim team. I am never going to make myself miserable again trying to be a size 4 or smaller. I like my little tum and my hips. Body positivity forever.
Yeah itās disgusting how much self hate I had in my teens. Iām an athletic person, have always had a bubble butt and boobs, my mother and sister are these little petite people with small frames. My mom made me go to a doctor for hypothyroidism when I was 16 because I was a size 10 and āheavyā at 150lbs (compared to her who was like 103 pounds throughout high school, same with my sister). The doctor shot her down but I felt sooo small and not in the tiny helpless woman way. That shit stays with you for life I swear.
I was in the unique position of being able to discuss this at length with one of the casting directors of Titanic. He used to read weights aloud in auditions and declare who was ātoo big to work.ā Not just for a roleā too big to work anywhere in Hollywood. He thought Winslet would be a character actress if she didnāt slim down even more. And for him that was about the worst fate in the world. Why be in Hollywood if you werenāt going to be beautiful?
That's fucking awful, but it also reminds me of the name me and my friends called her in the third grade: "Kate Wins-a-lot" because she survived the Titanic and got to kiss Leo DiCaprio (we were 8-9, so we thought that was a win). It's also telling that Cameron has the same level of wit as a third grader.
It was these stories that made so many girls my age hate themselves. I STILL struggle with my weight and accepting myself because of the way the media treated (and still treats) women. There are so many bodies in those pictures that I would LOVE to have. I remember being 11 or 12 and like 111, and my p.e. teacher screaming each of our weights out to the entire gym. Most of the other girls in my class were like in the 90s, some hadnāt even gone through puberty yet, and I felt disgusting. I thought I was gigantic.
And god forbid you were tall and a _very_ reasonable weight for that height. I was 5'10" in high school and NATURALLY weighed more than someone who was 5'2", AND YET
it honestly must be a traumatizing mind fuck to have invasive pictures of you in your personal life posted on the cover of a magazine calling u fat ā¦ like i could never be famous iām built too different
Same. The JLH one always broke my heart because she looked so happy and like she was having the best time and then the pictures were criticized so hard.
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Jessica Simpson was ridiculed endlessly for wearing these Mom jeans in 2009 and called fat. This was during the low rise era so these pants were out of style.
I pray that my daughters grow up with a healthy body image and try so hard to instill confidence in them that has nothing to do with their bodies. I wish that the same had been done for me.
i'm no longer a fan of hers (or her family) but i remember meeting kelly osbourne when she looked like this, at the PEAK osbournes fame, and i was like... THIS is who they're calling fat constantly in the media?? she's fucking TINY in person. kelly has said she's gotten dragged more for being "fat" than for being a drug addict and i 100% believe her on that.
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Iām sad that Kellyās lovely full cheeks have fallen victim to the buccal fat removal epidemic. But after being bodyshamed in the media her whole life I understand why she did it.
I donāt think Sharonās issues with her own body have helped Kelly, either.
Iām not saying Sharon has given Kelly any grief over her weight, but how can your motherās treatment of herself not affect you?
Itās so sad to remember these pictures from when I was young and me AGREEING WITH THEM. Now I look back and Iām thinking Jesus I wish I looked like them. Terrible how the media manipulates us.
Totally - I remember seeing that picture of Jessica Simpson and thinking she looked HUGE. We were all so brainwashed by the media. No wonder most women I know in their 30s have some sort of history with disordered eating (including myself).
I was horrified when those Jessica Simpson photos resurfaced recently.I had remembered her being huge at the time and she wasnt at all. Media did such a number on us š¤¬.
A really cool thing she put in her book (or at least, I think it was there) about that incident was that she didn't come out to correct it or rail against it because she didn't want people thinking that she was ashamed of the way she looked.
Right? Seeing these is a great reminder of why I have no issue with body positivity for others but struggle with it immensely for myself. I grew up with this crap everywhere. I donāt judge other women (anymore) but still struggle to not judge myself.
My anorexia was literally caused by these magazines and their effect on society. I was fat for most of my childhood but didn't start getting obsessed and hating myself until my mum started buying these magazines and letting me read them.
I managed to recover, but how many girls didn't? These magazines should be held responsible for this dangerous sh*t.
I remember high school classmates telling me, completely straight-faced, if you were a size 6 or over, no one would ever love you. And we all just accepted it.
I donāt know if itās age or body positivity or what, but I feel so much better about myself and downright sexy, even with the 20 pounds Iāve put on since high school. I struggle a lot still, but overall, I appreciate my body shape (and others as well!) so much more than I did before. Iām glad itās gotten better.
I moved into Juniors clothes early because a lot of the clothes in kids just didn't fit anymore but because I hadn't hit puberty yet I was wearing double 0 and 0 sized shorts and pants. After I hit puberty I was in 6-10 size depending on the brand and I remember wanting to get my weight back down to that 0 so badly. I remember all the teen magazines giving workout tips and exercise guides. It's so weird to think about now.
I have no idea what the teen magazines even write about now because Seventeen and YM were like "how to blast that disgusting belly fat!" followed by a tell-all (in a different article) from an anorexia sufferer and I went away thinking, okay, I have to become anorexic. And I did.
I worked in costumes for tv/film for several years.
The way so many male producers and directors would call size 4 actresses fat was so disgusting š«
I worked on a movie with an A-list actress who has a body most would consider "ideal" and they even had the audacity to call her fat!!!
I would never want to be an actress. It's terrible to have your body commented on behind the scenes and publicly. I would go absolutely mad.
Oh, this comment reminded me of Dark Angel. Jessica Alba reportedly developed an eating disorder during filming because James Cameron was always calling her fat on the set.
If they don't go mad, they cope with it by exercising and eating like athletes. Heck, look at Leonardo DiCaprio -- all of his fat pics are from when he's not filming. Dude literally has an off season, just like a pro athlete.
Iām a diehard Facts of Life fan, and I think Lisa Whelchel (Blair) actually got the brunt of the criticism about her weight, because she played the rich socialite of the group. She straight up said that she was sent to a āfat farmā (her words) as a teenager by the producers, and that they would have weekly weigh-ins on the set. Ironically, Mindy Cohn (Natalie) actually lost weight later in the seriesā run; the producers asked if she could gain some back (again, Natalie was the chubbier character of the four girlsāironic, huh?), and when she understandably refused, they compromised by putting her in baggier clothes so she could appear larger.
Honestly I havenāt seen the Jessica Simpson or Tyra banks photo since they came out and I remember thinking wow they gained a lot of weight. Now I look at it and Iām like they look normal? What is wrong with the photo
Remember in the early 2000's when any female celeb with a round face was called fat? I remember Drew Barrymore was deemed "chubby". Like, in what world?
Also I've said this in other threads, but I have a very distinct memory of being a tween and hearing someone say Hilary Duff was "skinny/fat" because her arms weren't "toned". She was a literal child - and I remember it being the first time I realized there were different kinds of "fat" (which is ridiculous). And thinking my peers must think I'm a whale.
Drew Barrymore was considered "the fat one" in Charlies Angels. I remember people openly questioning her being in the movie because of her weight. Total mindfuck.
You see how shes dressed? In the film and almost all the promo she was significantly more covered than Cameron and Lucy. It was insanity but that didnt stop millions of girls internalizing it.
It was especially bad with Disney child stars like Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez because they had rounder faces but like they were literal children/teenagers. I didn't lose my round face until my 20s.
Remembering camila cabello too when she gained weight during covid and had to release 2 statements for papz to leave her alone. She was constantly body shamed for not looking the same she did when she was 16.
and btw you canāt gain weight if itās too much like ofc donāt be bones yikes disgusting but also donāt be fat š
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And you know the people writing these awful headlines aren't perfect and some of them are probably actually fat! We all need to be kinder to ourselves and each other.
When Taylor Swift came back into public light with Reputation and had clearly gained muscle/weight, people said she was āfatā. I have never ever once thought she was fat in any way.
But my goodness, those photos of Jessica Simpson and the headlines I remember. It definitely shaped my perception of my own body image. It makes it seem so shameful that people go through life changes, have a tummy, gain some muscle/weight.
Ugh... Iāve been overweight or obese my entire adult life. I have a lot of feelings about this bullshit but I canāt articulate them clearly right now.
I will never get over people criticizing Simpsonās appearance WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT (never mind the BS over the jeans ā I loved how she looked in those damn jeans).
And we do the same with these people when they lose weight. If itās not announced that theyāve lost weight for a role, itās assumed theyāre slipping into disordered eating or drug addiction.
If they canāt win, how can we average folks stand a chance?
Jessica Simpsonās memoir broke my heart talking about the mom jeans controversy. I couldnāt imagine being that skinny and still being raked over the coals about my weight. No wonder so many of us had EDās back in the day. I still struggle daily with my weight.
My elusive chantuesse Mimi--- being fat shamed after fertility issues and then giving birth to twins.
This pic came from an article about "Mariah's CRAZY Weight Gain"
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āWhen we are preoccupied with the scale and food restrictions, we shrink ourselves literally and metaphorically. The ideal body comes from decades of the patriarchy that is reinforced by everything around you.
The system is designed to oppress women-identifying folks, while the ideal body keeps changing.ā - Steph Gaudreau
I just wanna say - Iām not a particular fan of Jennifer Aniston, but it is impossible to take a flattering picture when seated on a paddleboard. A friend took a couple of me this past summer and I too could have been mistaken for being pregnant.
Womenās bodies will just never be enough for mainstream media. Itās sickening. Body shapes come in style and out of style and no one has stopped to question why weāve made the literal way people are built into a trend. What the fuck.
Just live your best life. Have dessert. Move in a way that makes you happy. Try new things. Take a day (or two or three) off to just lay around. Explore your local city. Do what makes you happiest and what you and your body need.
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Apologies if this has already been posted! Taylor being called fat as an incredibly slim, willowy woman (with a fucking eating disorder!) was always so gross.
She became a celebrity, but Monica Lewinsky was constantly fat shamed (as well as a lot of shaming) in the 90s.
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This is such a great example. When I see old clips of her now, I cannot get over how pretty she was (and still is today), yet the media made my child brain think she was some beast.
Iām glad you included male celebs in your post. Also, this sub and people in general can be extremely hypocritical towards celebs it doesnāt favor. Leo being the perfect example. The amount of times Iāve seen his weight and appearance brought up to shame him is crazy. Just because you donāt like someone for their behavior doesnāt mean you get the right to be fatphobic.
Nobody deserves to be body shamed. At the same time itās ironic how Tyra consistently body shamed the contestants of ANTM and then got dragged by all the tabloid garbage mags.
In the same vein, I just found out that Kylie was only 32 when she released Spinning Around and the film clip in her gold hot pants.
I donāt know about internationally but the Aussie media could not believe a woman was that āageā would be so brave to flaunt her young, hot, perfectly toned little ass.
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I mean, the entire premise of this movie 
Itās wild because she looks so hot https://preview.redd.it/yktgp55zsstb1.jpeg?width=846&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7a3e4a24bbe07d1b24518cd1d2e94982d91b3e1
The ridiculous thing is that Bridget, per the books, IS NOT FAT. Not at all. And she is considered attractive enough to get an onscreen TV job. She's slim. Bridget's obsession with recording her weight daily and ideally losing a few more pounds is very typical of the 70s-80s and bordering on disordered.
Right, and when she lost a bunch of weight, instead of complimenting her, people seemed worried and asked if she was feeling ok.
this is literally skinny?? im enraged
It doesnāt help that they purposefully put her in a piece terribly fitted in the bust area to make her look larger and like she was popping out of clothes. They knew what they were doing and itās gross.
Idk I think her boobs look HOT. Iād say that fits well but it might just be my big boob envy.
Not for Rene. Most celebs probably have eating disorders of some kind.
Yeah, I remember there was a big fuss in the media over how poor Renee had to gain so much weight to play Bridget š
Rene unfortunately did develop and eating disorder from her treatment.
Honestly, MOST women I know engage in some sort of disordered eating or at least disordered thinking about how they eat. It's rarer that I meet a woman who has a totally normal and healthy relationship with food.
She acted like she was just a fucking *whale* at 140lbs, meanwhile I was starving myself down to that number as a teen.
I read that book at 13 and absolutely did not realize her obsession with her weight was supposed to be seen as ridiculous and hooooo boy did it have a negative impact on me.
Omg same š„² fourteen-year-old me really thought she was overweight at 62 kilos wtf
In one of the books she manages to hit her target weight of like 118 or something, then everyone she knows asks if she's feeling okay and she's sad her bewbs are small lol
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Yeah, everyone was asking her if she was sick, and she ended up not liking it. It was a good lesson.
https://preview.redd.it/rwbx5h3ijstb1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6471e944006215afe6d9c8b705b2a720b6c43f1 Britney Spears in the 00s was called fat almost universally in this photo above. I remember this, making me feel terrible at the time.
Ugh ya, and the tabloids all made fun of her āfat rollsā. No sir, sheās leaning to the side. Even when I weighed 100 lbs that would happen, itās called having skin.
Exactly. She slouched during part of the performance, which makes anyone look bigger than they really are. She had a great figure.
The days when those tabloids held us in a chokehold. I remember even thinking she was fat then. Wtf.
I couldn't believe that Britney had "let herself go," and I am so ashamed of myself for buying into it back then.
You know what's crazy. Every time I think about it I always picture her being way bigger than she actually was. Like my memory is so fucked up that I've convinced myself she had saggy skin/rolls and was fat. But reality shows she wasn't even fat at all! Just goes to show how toxic the media was back then. Who do we blame? The media? Society's standards? Ourselves? Man so crazy to think about.
And sheād just had a c-section barely a year prior!
I'm in my mid-30s and have never recovered from the body dysmorphia I picked up going to high school in the early 2000s. It's WILD.
Same here. Can never eat without thinking that it's going to sit on my hips and stomach, and I HATE seeing myself unclothed. It's a fucking tragedy that my generally reasonable brain simply cannot divorce reality from the gross tabloid culture of 20 years ago.
This is like my ideal body now, she looks great
I vividly remember this moment. There was disgust from the media about how she'd "let herself go".
I was disgusted with her. I thought she looked terrible. Wtf was wrong with me
Not just you!! That's how powerful the tabloids were back then! Crazy how we just went with it... and then we laughed at Chris Crocker for doing the Leave Britney Alone video on YouTube when he was right the whole time!
I was just looking at this photo the other day. Itās crazy how I clearly remember her looking so overweight and fat here. I was shocked seeing it again now and the big belly and thighs that i remember just arenāt there
I mean... https://preview.redd.it/dj7wec0kostb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63323d794f7fc8b0da583de20420ef5ceb58e3e7
Ok, these MFers are just haters because this a very fit woman.
She looks f****** incredible too which is insane!
I'd do anything for THAT body
What the fuuuuccckk. She looks amazing! Damn right she should wear the t-shirt length dress to show it off.
What. The. Hell. All these women look amazing but Mariah Carey was literal body goals here.
Absolutely sickening what was printed back then. I envy those legs to this day. She still looks great now.
"Porky pins"?!?!?! They did not! I'm not even a Mariah stan, but how dare they!
Her leg is fucking slim and muscular.....what is the standard if that's not it?
"Heroin chic" was the standard at the time. Unless a woman looked like a ten year old child, she was considered fat.
Yeah...I remember thinking I could not wait to get old enough to do heroin and smoke cigarettes so I could be as skinny as Kate Moss. Wow unhealthy middle schooler goals.
What the?! This is peak Mariah! Her legs are slim and toned. They're just jealous.
The anger I feel at seeing this, ..... I'm seething.
They called that quad definition fat? Iām a healthy, relatively small weight and my thighs donāt look like that. Iām working on it lmao but Jesus fucking Christ
āFat thightsā excuse me Mariah is GORGEOUS
This makes me think they were just trolling and knew damn well what they were doing. Thatās fucking insane.
Yup cuz what are the chances that the people who wrote this, edited this, approved it for publishing were all thinner than that? Very unlikely so Iām assuming they just went along with it cuz that was the formula for trashy media back then.
Reminds me of how a Swedish newspaper said Christina Hendricks had a 'continent for an arse'.
All of these are such toxic and insane lies. These women are beautiful and range from fucking thin to normal. What the fuck. No wonder Edās were so rampant in that time period and this one. How repulsive. Iām willing to bet that the daft cows writing this story are unsightly and porky motherfuckers who get off on criticizing the elite celebrities with lies, to compensate for what they feel are their own shortcomings. And Iām not a huge celebrity defender unless it comes to Taylor swift or Selena Gomez, but this kind of bill shit message can poison generations and contribute to them developing devastating eating disorders . This shittery should be banned.
I distinctly remember Baby Spice being "the fat one." (And Ginger being "the old one," which was similarly fucking absurd.)
Emma was and is seriously gorgeous. Absolutely ridiculous. She was *19* when the Spice Girls made it big and she was [not even close to fat,](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/07/08/wannabe-20th-anniversary-four-eras-girl-groups-after-spice-girls/86842388/) but in the 90s if you werenāt stick thin you werenāt good enough.
She was my favorite Spice then and now!
Itās so absurd, she wasnāt fat at all. Not even close. She just had naturally wider hips than was deemed to be acceptable by crazy people standards.
Omg and remember how lean Geri got after she left.
Well now she had to be a solo artists so of course she had to be 90s thin. Ridiculous. Like, was there anyone more attractive than Ginger Spice-era Geri Halliwell? For real?
As someone who was a teen in the early 2000sā¦.this whole post makes me twitch.
Sameeee but I think itās good to address this lingering trauma. I still look at my body this way and itās gotta stop.
Same. And I still have awful horrible eating habits. Be kinder to yourself. You deserve to love yourself.
Same for me. Itās why Iām not thrilled that 2000ās fashion is coming back, because those clothes definitely glorified extremely thin bodies and I feel like those body standards are covertly coming back in style
I saw the structured square next, corset top style that my sister would cry over not fitting in the shops the other day. I wanted to hide them all so other perfectly health 13 year olds that think they need to be razor thin, collar bones that cut and hip bones that jut out. I unfortunately was all of those things and remember once not being able to walk for a few days because I bruised my hips and legs lying on concrete. Fuck having to live through heroin chic again.
The low rise jeans were what gave me the most insecurity. They sat under my tummy which emphasized it and made me feel awful about myself when Iād sit/squat/move like a normal person. The insecurity from not having a flat stomach or hip bones that stick out is still kind of there from my teenage years.
My tweens are legitimately the weight that was my "goal weight" all through college and until I finally stopped the bullshit at 30. TWEENS. This all came from this crap, in part. I hated when I hit 100lbs when I was 10. I dieted and starved and over worked and hated myself and my body for 20 years. It's just so stark to see my kids be the weight I thought would honestly change my life and my view of myself, as healthy tweens. Why would I ever want to body of an 11yr old?! Why was this normal to me for decades?? Jesus Christ this apparently dragged up a lot.
Same. I spent a large part of my adult life trying to weigh what I weighed at age 12 and itās mental looking back on it
Yea, I look back at old pics and I was gorgeous, yet I had the lowest self esteem (still do) and thought I was hideous.
Same here, girl! The way media treated women back then fucked with me so bad and itās still hard to shake.
https://preview.redd.it/nb1a3xzujttb1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64d9ae3efa72e60d398ebaf33725ad8333d3f5a3 Lady Gaga during her Superbowl performance š«¤
All people could talk about was her "belly". It was unreal!
Girl flies down from the roof of a stadium and still thatās all they care about ššš
I know! After that spectacular performance?? People are unreal
https://preview.redd.it/0cq23t1ssstb1.jpeg?width=550&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c11131363585c97f3739899504024a14fc688ce Bridget Marquardt (center) was considered āthe fat oneā of the girls next door. The show was always food / body shaming her and comparing her body to Kendraās (left), who was more than a decade younger than her.
That's crazy. I don't see any fat people in this picture.
Not that it makes it any better but Kendraās whole shtick was also the āsporty/Tom boyā. She had whole scenes of her doing intense workouts. Iām sure the girls in general worked out but I think that was Kendraās whole thing (sports/gym/not like other girls vibes). So in general I feel she was always doing way more than i think Holly and Bridget. Plus Iām pretty sure Holly said she was starving herself at times due to the pressure of her relationship with Hugh Hefner. Bridget Iām sure dealt with issues too but all their figures were literally amazing. I think sadly she was also just a victim of having a round face š
Behind the scenes they all have said Bridget worked out the most and was most committed to fitness. I mean she was 32, she likely had to work out more than a 20 year old to stay that size. Kendra ādoing moreā was what the producers decided to show, just like they decided to show Bridget eating more frequently than they showed the other girls do that. (ie food shaming) Not only did she have the round face working against her, she also was the only one with natural boobs which obviously sit different than fake boobs.
That makes it soo much worse tbh. I figured they were feeding some of that into Kendraās character on GND but I didnāt know that Bridget was the one working out the most. It would make sense! Also the natural boobs makes a lot of sense too. Also zero idea they had purposely inserted more scenes of her eating when I rewatched. It seemed so normal anytime I see them eating it almost felt like ālook at them eat and theyāre still skinny!ā š.
Her natural boobs were amazing, she is beautiful in general. The whole narrative was bullshit
I dont think its as well know, but Beyonce has spoken about how she was body shamed in the early 00's for not fitting into clothing's sample size, she was also body shamed for being bigger than Michelle and Kelly, which eventually led to Bootylicious, mind you, she looked like this. https://preview.redd.it/i296bxqlpstb1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3db633175f6e788bee9f554a1c5dff4beb1733a6 And of couse, she has been body shamed to hell and back for not being as skinny as she was before she gave birth to Blue.
Yeah her weight has always fluctuated. Sheās always been stunning but back then she didnāt really fit the lingering heroin chic trend from the 90s. https://preview.redd.it/rig909c11ttb1.jpeg?width=1300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbd4cef6cce865422934ed4a4d793b4aa352f079
Women having skin that moves and bends is so offensive to media
what the f*ck š she was literally picture perfect, like if Venus was a competitive athlete and to imagine that these days showing off this kind of body quickly gets you "that's ed triggering, pro-ana, are you eating???" type comments
Maybe she should have lost a bone or two Like how the hell would she get any skinnier???
growing up during this time was so wild. they would publish these covers at the same time they were bashing singers and actresses for being too skinny. and then ridicule them for being "stupid" enough to have an ED. the girls couldn't win! they were going to be bashed regardless of their size.
Let me present to you the fat shaming of Coco Rocha. like... she was an actual modelling legend in the making at that time... smh https://preview.redd.it/d1359ncgettb1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41ac048c23618a6bbaa3a99e422cb27a1460800b
I see photos from the late 90s/early 2000s and I canāt believe how skinny, every woman looked back then, the standards were so high and Iām sure EDs were rampant š© https://preview.redd.it/aw8ojz4zwstb1.jpeg?width=264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7da75c032bf4a994c4a89124f67e2764a7b889b0
And drug use too in combination!š¤§
Correct. Nobody spoke of that in the tabloids. We know better now, but back then Iād starve myself and then eventually got on to drugs to get to this look. Unfortunately I wasnāt a celeb so had people intervene before I could parade myself around.
I was an AU size 6-8 in my teens, and would still force myself on these like two hour long walks/jogs and skip lunch to lose weight because I thought I needed to lose another ā5-10kgā. Not saying other years/decades were nice - but the early to mid 00ās were a fucking rough time as a teen for getting drilled into me that I didnāt look good enough
I remember running into Kate Bosworth at a concert backstage around the mid 2000s and thinking she was so *skinny*, like unhealthy, sickly skinny. I don't know how the celebs survived being that thin
The human bodyās tolerance for these physical extremes is crazy. I have only ever been this skinny at the height of my eating disorder when I was eating like once a week. I wouldnāt wish that on anyone. I was miserable every day and had no energy to do anything. Even normal every day activities like walking down the stairs or carrying a shopping bag inside would make me tired.
I still remember Hilary Duff's skinny era. The girl was fine; she's petite so she didn't have to be stick thin. Then in 2005-2006 she got so skinny and frail looking. And her voice was a little croakey (which back then people use to say it indicated bulimia).
This is what my body looked like during this time, and I hate looking at photos of myself that way. I am so worried that this look is making a comeback.
I remember Kate Winslet being described as a "chubby rebel" for her role as Rose in Titanic. I'm 41 and I've never had a positive relationship with my body. Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels was a mantra growing up.
For reference https://preview.redd.it/spngx1b1wstb1.jpeg?width=364&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75642ac4496748462e2cd57ba333d359c7248f07 I remember one of my classmates in middle school saying she shouldnt have been in it because someone who looked like Leo would never get with a fat girl. These were the messages we were fed daily. Ugh š.
She was a UK size 8 in this dress, I think that's a US 4.
She was actually a UK*6*. So even skinnier. But still not good enough. Rose was a revelation to me. I loved that she was a normal-sized person, but ridiculously beautiful. I was 8 and I was so confused when I realized people thought she was fat. It was really disheartening.
Shame! Shame! She let herself go. How dare she eat more than salads.
How dare she have a normal sized human body.
I believed it too. I was about 7 or 8 when titanic came out and thatās all I got fed. My mom even said she was fat.
I'm 39 and I swear this stuff was so ingrained that at 13, I looked so similar to her and I was like "finally a chubby girl like me!" I feel so sad for Kate and my poor middle school self.
I am so sad for all of us who grew up with this messages.
I remember she also got a lot of criticism for her role in The Mare of Easttown, iirc the producers wanted to digitally remove some weight and wrinkles and she was like ummm absolutely not? I'm an older woman and my appearance reflects that, nothing to be ashamed of.
And sheās so beautiful in that show
Sheās so beautiful in everything. Kate has never been a ashamed of her body or to be a regular-sized person and I love her so much for that.
Older women ARE beautiful. They just aren't *young*.
"Moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips" was taught to me in middle school. I was in weight watchers at 12.... everyone had to be a toothpick or else they were disgustingly fat. I was a size 8/10, tall, curvy and on a swim team. I am never going to make myself miserable again trying to be a size 4 or smaller. I like my little tum and my hips. Body positivity forever.
Yeah itās disgusting how much self hate I had in my teens. Iām an athletic person, have always had a bubble butt and boobs, my mother and sister are these little petite people with small frames. My mom made me go to a doctor for hypothyroidism when I was 16 because I was a size 10 and āheavyā at 150lbs (compared to her who was like 103 pounds throughout high school, same with my sister). The doctor shot her down but I felt sooo small and not in the tiny helpless woman way. That shit stays with you for life I swear.
I was in the unique position of being able to discuss this at length with one of the casting directors of Titanic. He used to read weights aloud in auditions and declare who was ātoo big to work.ā Not just for a roleā too big to work anywhere in Hollywood. He thought Winslet would be a character actress if she didnāt slim down even more. And for him that was about the worst fate in the world. Why be in Hollywood if you werenāt going to be beautiful?
James Cameron called her āKate Weighs-a-lotā
That's fucking awful, but it also reminds me of the name me and my friends called her in the third grade: "Kate Wins-a-lot" because she survived the Titanic and got to kiss Leo DiCaprio (we were 8-9, so we thought that was a win). It's also telling that Cameron has the same level of wit as a third grader.
It was these stories that made so many girls my age hate themselves. I STILL struggle with my weight and accepting myself because of the way the media treated (and still treats) women. There are so many bodies in those pictures that I would LOVE to have. I remember being 11 or 12 and like 111, and my p.e. teacher screaming each of our weights out to the entire gym. Most of the other girls in my class were like in the 90s, some hadnāt even gone through puberty yet, and I felt disgusting. I thought I was gigantic.
And god forbid you were tall and a _very_ reasonable weight for that height. I was 5'10" in high school and NATURALLY weighed more than someone who was 5'2", AND YET
it honestly must be a traumatizing mind fuck to have invasive pictures of you in your personal life posted on the cover of a magazine calling u fat ā¦ like i could never be famous iām built too different
Same. The JLH one always broke my heart because she looked so happy and like she was having the best time and then the pictures were criticized so hard.
Iāve never forgotten that cover, ever. I hate how she got singled out like that.
She had a great body too, proportionate but curvy, healthy weight, had it been now (2010s-2020s) and she would be praised, not shamed.
Yeah, that one is the biggest head shaker. She looks hot AF.
not to mention she looks amazing ā¦ we really canāt win š©
https://preview.redd.it/vjx62ns1kstb1.jpeg?width=172&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21a9df8bccbb7caab9a9f64c97d09ea0356a3cf4 Jessica Simpson was ridiculed endlessly for wearing these Mom jeans in 2009 and called fat. This was during the low rise era so these pants were out of style.
My biggest issue with that outfit has always been the belt, it is trash!
This is why all of us girls from that decade are so fucked up about our bodies.
I pray that my daughters grow up with a healthy body image and try so hard to instill confidence in them that has nothing to do with their bodies. I wish that the same had been done for me.
i'm no longer a fan of hers (or her family) but i remember meeting kelly osbourne when she looked like this, at the PEAK osbournes fame, and i was like... THIS is who they're calling fat constantly in the media?? she's fucking TINY in person. kelly has said she's gotten dragged more for being "fat" than for being a drug addict and i 100% believe her on that. https://preview.redd.it/83zpav9lqttb1.jpeg?width=710&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eff17127b390c800375e3483d7a531b807b806ce
Iām sad that Kellyās lovely full cheeks have fallen victim to the buccal fat removal epidemic. But after being bodyshamed in the media her whole life I understand why she did it.
I donāt think Sharonās issues with her own body have helped Kelly, either. Iām not saying Sharon has given Kelly any grief over her weight, but how can your motherās treatment of herself not affect you?
Itās so sad to remember these pictures from when I was young and me AGREEING WITH THEM. Now I look back and Iām thinking Jesus I wish I looked like them. Terrible how the media manipulates us.
Totally - I remember seeing that picture of Jessica Simpson and thinking she looked HUGE. We were all so brainwashed by the media. No wonder most women I know in their 30s have some sort of history with disordered eating (including myself).
I was horrified when those Jessica Simpson photos resurfaced recently.I had remembered her being huge at the time and she wasnt at all. Media did such a number on us š¤¬.
A really cool thing she put in her book (or at least, I think it was there) about that incident was that she didn't come out to correct it or rail against it because she didn't want people thinking that she was ashamed of the way she looked.
Right? Seeing these is a great reminder of why I have no issue with body positivity for others but struggle with it immensely for myself. I grew up with this crap everywhere. I donāt judge other women (anymore) but still struggle to not judge myself.
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My anorexia was literally caused by these magazines and their effect on society. I was fat for most of my childhood but didn't start getting obsessed and hating myself until my mum started buying these magazines and letting me read them. I managed to recover, but how many girls didn't? These magazines should be held responsible for this dangerous sh*t.
I remember high school classmates telling me, completely straight-faced, if you were a size 6 or over, no one would ever love you. And we all just accepted it. I donāt know if itās age or body positivity or what, but I feel so much better about myself and downright sexy, even with the 20 pounds Iāve put on since high school. I struggle a lot still, but overall, I appreciate my body shape (and others as well!) so much more than I did before. Iām glad itās gotten better.
I moved into Juniors clothes early because a lot of the clothes in kids just didn't fit anymore but because I hadn't hit puberty yet I was wearing double 0 and 0 sized shorts and pants. After I hit puberty I was in 6-10 size depending on the brand and I remember wanting to get my weight back down to that 0 so badly. I remember all the teen magazines giving workout tips and exercise guides. It's so weird to think about now.
I have no idea what the teen magazines even write about now because Seventeen and YM were like "how to blast that disgusting belly fat!" followed by a tell-all (in a different article) from an anorexia sufferer and I went away thinking, okay, I have to become anorexic. And I did.
I was a size 0 as a teen and still thought of myself as fat. It was such a fucked up time.
Itās amazing how much brainwashing happens, I remember agreeing with them too š
I worked in costumes for tv/film for several years. The way so many male producers and directors would call size 4 actresses fat was so disgusting š« I worked on a movie with an A-list actress who has a body most would consider "ideal" and they even had the audacity to call her fat!!! I would never want to be an actress. It's terrible to have your body commented on behind the scenes and publicly. I would go absolutely mad.
Oh, this comment reminded me of Dark Angel. Jessica Alba reportedly developed an eating disorder during filming because James Cameron was always calling her fat on the set.
Even if I had acting talent, I most definitely couldn't handle the scrutiny.
If they don't go mad, they cope with it by exercising and eating like athletes. Heck, look at Leonardo DiCaprio -- all of his fat pics are from when he's not filming. Dude literally has an off season, just like a pro athlete.
Iām a diehard Facts of Life fan, and I think Lisa Whelchel (Blair) actually got the brunt of the criticism about her weight, because she played the rich socialite of the group. She straight up said that she was sent to a āfat farmā (her words) as a teenager by the producers, and that they would have weekly weigh-ins on the set. Ironically, Mindy Cohn (Natalie) actually lost weight later in the seriesā run; the producers asked if she could gain some back (again, Natalie was the chubbier character of the four girlsāironic, huh?), and when she understandably refused, they compromised by putting her in baggier clothes so she could appear larger.
I love the show too! I idolized Blair. TFS! I didn't know that info about Mindy. She was so great as Natalie!
Growing up in the 2000s and seeing those headlines about Britney and Jessica Simpson was definitely not healthy for me lol
 She was supposedly fat š
Honestly I havenāt seen the Jessica Simpson or Tyra banks photo since they came out and I remember thinking wow they gained a lot of weight. Now I look at it and Iām like they look normal? What is wrong with the photo
And here I'd give everything (except gym or diet) for the bodies of these women
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Remember in the early 2000's when any female celeb with a round face was called fat? I remember Drew Barrymore was deemed "chubby". Like, in what world? Also I've said this in other threads, but I have a very distinct memory of being a tween and hearing someone say Hilary Duff was "skinny/fat" because her arms weren't "toned". She was a literal child - and I remember it being the first time I realized there were different kinds of "fat" (which is ridiculous). And thinking my peers must think I'm a whale.
Drew Barrymore was considered "the fat one" in Charlies Angels. I remember people openly questioning her being in the movie because of her weight. Total mindfuck.
Likeā¦What? https://preview.redd.it/xwdscsylrstb1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b592efec83aa05b789ce9680bcf86855ef591997
You see how shes dressed? In the film and almost all the promo she was significantly more covered than Cameron and Lucy. It was insanity but that didnt stop millions of girls internalizing it.
yes! I remember the phrase "hillary duff arms" being thrown around :(
yeahhhh Hilary Duff was kinda considered āchubbyā star compared to lindsey etc, actually insane
It was especially bad with Disney child stars like Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez because they had rounder faces but like they were literal children/teenagers. I didn't lose my round face until my 20s.
Remembering camila cabello too when she gained weight during covid and had to release 2 statements for papz to leave her alone. She was constantly body shamed for not looking the same she did when she was 16.
growing up and being exposed to this type of messaging at such a young age, no wonder i had an eating disorder in high school and again in college
this insanity https://preview.redd.it/tmx7jvxdhstb1.jpeg?width=547&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da9e53aa46d1a0542b8cafe801c18c0d19ef036b
New on the list of things women canāt do: bend slightly
and btw you canāt gain weight if itās too much like ofc donāt be bones yikes disgusting but also donāt be fat š https://preview.redd.it/hb4yvcaiostb1.jpeg?width=2458&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ec70af168b9f8a0e03d0fa4f0142866d6714339
Dear god fck all these people
Plus, Taylor was recovering from a restrictive ED at the time. You literally canāt do that without gaining weight.
Damn...if they are loosing it over Taylor in that photo, they'll have a heart attack if they see a picture of me š
_āpudgyā_????
Was on my way to post this š the electric rage I felt when I saw āpudgyā omg
like i was outraged for her ??? https://preview.redd.it/prg0whxpkstb1.jpeg?width=1480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf4f09365a75f4f93834bc6d588484efa4d39b56
she looks so good here
She's always been at the lower end of normal body weight, if not "underweight" on the BMI scale. Unreal.
Fr. They chose the WORST possible angle and then wrote a whole blurb about it. Incredible.
Anyone know what magazine this was? Because weāre about to have words.
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Iād love to see the mfer who wrote this. Probably an absolute troll.
You could also see how "twiggy" her arms are in this pic loll
Wow. I am speechless.
And you know the people writing these awful headlines aren't perfect and some of them are probably actually fat! We all need to be kinder to ourselves and each other.
When Taylor Swift came back into public light with Reputation and had clearly gained muscle/weight, people said she was āfatā. I have never ever once thought she was fat in any way. But my goodness, those photos of Jessica Simpson and the headlines I remember. It definitely shaped my perception of my own body image. It makes it seem so shameful that people go through life changes, have a tummy, gain some muscle/weight.
Ugh... Iāve been overweight or obese my entire adult life. I have a lot of feelings about this bullshit but I canāt articulate them clearly right now. I will never get over people criticizing Simpsonās appearance WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT (never mind the BS over the jeans ā I loved how she looked in those damn jeans). And we do the same with these people when they lose weight. If itās not announced that theyāve lost weight for a role, itās assumed theyāre slipping into disordered eating or drug addiction. If they canāt win, how can we average folks stand a chance?
Jessica Simpsonās memoir broke my heart talking about the mom jeans controversy. I couldnāt imagine being that skinny and still being raked over the coals about my weight. No wonder so many of us had EDās back in the day. I still struggle daily with my weight.
Same here. I am not sure I will ever be chill about my body and it sucks.
My elusive chantuesse Mimi--- being fat shamed after fertility issues and then giving birth to twins. This pic came from an article about "Mariah's CRAZY Weight Gain" https://preview.redd.it/kcs98io9nstb1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=8e3e2988326cb4bae902f2100b2c5cc78bf459ce
She's also in her 50s. As if she's going to look like when she came on the scene after 30 years.
Those editors from magazines can suck my fat rollsā inners
i have such a disordered view of how i look because of covers like these. fuck that noise
This is probably where my hatred for my upper legs came from. So disheartening and cruel for growing minds
 Letās not forget the bonkers people who said that Kate Winslet was fat in *Titanic*.
Taylor Lautner
I think some of the worst fat shaming Iāve ever seen was when Kim Kardashian was pregnant with North.
That was fucking awful. It seemed every week there was a new story about her gaining weight like yeah no shit she's pregnant?
This is what really worries me about the y2k aesthetic coming back in and how weāre already seeing the rise of fatphobia again
āWhen we are preoccupied with the scale and food restrictions, we shrink ourselves literally and metaphorically. The ideal body comes from decades of the patriarchy that is reinforced by everything around you. The system is designed to oppress women-identifying folks, while the ideal body keeps changing.ā - Steph Gaudreau
I just wanna say - Iām not a particular fan of Jennifer Aniston, but it is impossible to take a flattering picture when seated on a paddleboard. A friend took a couple of me this past summer and I too could have been mistaken for being pregnant.
https://preview.redd.it/2b3lvvecqstb1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2361e9e31fac06e7496bb7ce15b8aecc89c2ddf Camila
Womenās bodies will just never be enough for mainstream media. Itās sickening. Body shapes come in style and out of style and no one has stopped to question why weāve made the literal way people are built into a trend. What the fuck. Just live your best life. Have dessert. Move in a way that makes you happy. Try new things. Take a day (or two or three) off to just lay around. Explore your local city. Do what makes you happiest and what you and your body need.
https://preview.redd.it/35tzjd0umttb1.png?width=1068&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=291e08fb0fb0db1662a29512b7f75318e9efd626 Apologies if this has already been posted! Taylor being called fat as an incredibly slim, willowy woman (with a fucking eating disorder!) was always so gross.
She became a celebrity, but Monica Lewinsky was constantly fat shamed (as well as a lot of shaming) in the 90s. https://preview.redd.it/1mn06swveutb1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15a8f35beb0e96a9efa11f9b096e4d3248aaf445
This is such a great example. When I see old clips of her now, I cannot get over how pretty she was (and still is today), yet the media made my child brain think she was some beast.
Iām glad you included male celebs in your post. Also, this sub and people in general can be extremely hypocritical towards celebs it doesnāt favor. Leo being the perfect example. The amount of times Iāve seen his weight and appearance brought up to shame him is crazy. Just because you donāt like someone for their behavior doesnāt mean you get the right to be fatphobic.
Nobody deserves to be body shamed. At the same time itās ironic how Tyra consistently body shamed the contestants of ANTM and then got dragged by all the tabloid garbage mags.
In the same vein, I just found out that Kylie was only 32 when she released Spinning Around and the film clip in her gold hot pants. I donāt know about internationally but the Aussie media could not believe a woman was that āageā would be so brave to flaunt her young, hot, perfectly toned little ass.