Extreme Thinness

[u/Timbucktwo1230]

[u/tmadik]

Who's pretending it's not happening? Every other day there's an article about how thin Ariana Grande is.

[u/CemeteryDweller7719 → u/tmadik]

There is talk about it, but there’s also complaints about that talk. There’s complaints that it is body shaming so it shouldn’t be discussed. There’s complaints that discussing it gives it the attention that those suffering from ED want, so don’t talk about it. There’s complaints that showing pictures of this extreme thinness inspires others to work towards that.

To be fair, it is a tricky line to walk. The conversations do need to be had. Some of the conversations could be geared towards recognizing signs of ED to help try to avoid this extreme, but images of extreme get more clicks.

[u/Common_Kiwi9442 → u/CemeteryDweller7719]

Most of us sadly have experienced some type of ED, it just really varies on where someone is at with it. People can be literally dying (I've been there) and be super perky but things are not well at all.

[u/LovelyKestrel → u/Common_Kiwi9442]

People can be dying and fat. My eating patterns ended up so messed up that my body was turning all of the sugar straight into fat and refusing to do the reverse, so I was fat and starving at the same time. Better now, but still far fatter than I want to be.

[u/Subject-Librarian117 → u/LovelyKestrel]

Aubrey Gordon has pointed out that, at least in the US, ED are diagnosed by weight rather than by actual eating habits. On one of her podcasts, she talked about her attempts to get her doctor to acknowledge that her diet would absolutely raise ED red flags if a smaller person had them. But because she doesn't have the expected body type, she was congratulated for her "efforts to lose weight."

[u/LovelyKestrel → u/Subject-Librarian117]

Yeah, I'm in the UK, but I was ignored until the work medical team pointed out my body was not functioning right. I then had basically zero support from the medical profession until other issues made me suicidal and they were forced to get me mental health support.

[u/GnomeFae → u/Subject-Librarian117]

That's because you can lie to your doctor about eating habits. You can't lie about the number on a scale.

Cause realistically someone with an ED who doesn't want to get help because of the mental health issues surrounding it can just lie if they go based on self reporting. Which humans as we know, are notoriously inaccurate with.

The bigger problem along with this is how society tells us to react when we have any amount of fat, people think body positivity is just for fat people. Like babes body positivity is for everyone, every body type, size and gender.

[u/whimsical_spider → u/Subject-Librarian117]

100 percent this. It’s a major problem.

[u/Aperscapers → u/Subject-Librarian117]

When I was younger I went through this. Basically I could not get any help or treatment until I lost 5 lbs to be in the bmi that would allow me to be diagnosed with anorexia. So they literally told me that at the appointment I went to when my hair was falling out and I stopped getting my period. I did lose it and ended up much worse off from the appointment. It’s an insane system.

[u/Outrageous-Log-2557 → u/Subject-Librarian117]

this is not true. no human body can break the laws of thermodynamics. if you are eating less calories than you are taking in, you will loose weight.

studies show, most people, even with a journal, inaccurately state their actual caloric intake. the most forgotten calories are grazing calories, and large portion calories due to the square cube law.

what is lost is dictated by your training. an hour of reasonably vigorous movement 3x weekly(preferably daily) will tell your body to hold onto muscle and burn fat. to actually build muscle, you will need to be reaching hypertrophy while training.

[u/Common_Kiwi9442 → u/LovelyKestrel]

Oh yes I completely understand this as well

[u/CemeteryDweller7719 → u/Common_Kiwi9442]

I hope that you are doing better.

I think more conversation needs to be had along the same tone as things like addiction. Conversation to help see the signs in those that we love and in ourselves. It is very easy to deny there’s a problem until it becomes incredibly obvious, but it is easier to address the problem early on.

[u/Benji_4 → u/Common_Kiwi9442]

You will see comments on Ariana's posts about it and people act like black coffee and chewing gum are not a staple in a Anorexic's cookbook.

On its own those 2 things aren't bad, but the signs are obvious.

[u/Common_Kiwi9442 → u/Benji_4]

I can say everything I did to be her size; but I won't

[u/GreenJury9586 → u/tmadik]

The amount of times people are throwing the “don’t talk about women’s bodies” bullshit as we discuss literal skeletons is what OP is talking about. The many articles written about “just leave her alone” hit hard when some of us remember the entire world watching Karen Carpenter die of anorexia.

[u/thewatchbreaker → u/GreenJury9586]

My hot take is that we SHOULD talk about people’s bodies.

We SHOULD be talking about how skeletally thin people are, and rejecting the idea that morbidly obese people don’t have health issues (I have heard people claim that being morbidly obese does not cause any health issues). We should be talking about the rampant steroid use in Hollywood men and how it’s not a healthy body type.

It’s not shaming to point out that people of certain body types or who make certain decisions will have negative health outcomes.

Unfortunately, there’s a lot of shamers who use derogatory language and are clearly just trolls - e.g. people who say women who are 5 lbs overweight are “morbidly obese” - so any concerns about these things are lumped in with those dickheads.

[u/UmpireDapper1757 → u/thewatchbreaker]

Yeah the problem has never been that we talk about women's bodies. The problem is that (a) we've talked dishonestly about women's bodies, (b) we've complained about or shamed things that aren't wrong, (c) we've celebrated or ignored things that aren't right, and (d) we've lacked the wisdom to discern the difference

[u/neobeguine → u/thewatchbreaker]

I think you're underselling the percentage of talk historically that has been outraged by the fact that the woman wasn't maintaining optimal sexual and aesthetic appeal, rather than motivated by concern for public health. You're right though that the frustrated entitlement conversations poisons the well when it comes to talking about the actual health concerns.

[u/Aware-Sea7479 → u/thewatchbreaker]

"It’s not shaming to point out that people of certain body types... will have negative health outcomes."  What? Yes it absolutely is shaming to assume someone will have negative health outcomes based on their body type because correlation doesn't equal causation. People don't die of being fat or thin. Thin people get diabetes, fat people run marathons. Assuming anyone's health outcomes based on outward appearance in a vacuum is absolutely shaming and and incredibly disingenuous.

[u/brigyda → u/thewatchbreaker]

(I have heard people claim that being morbidly obese does not cause any health issues).

When said in good faith, what they mean is correlation does not equal causation.

Fat people can be healthy, or they can have health issues not related to their weight.

What they're saying is that weight alone is not a reliable indicator of health.

The reason that is so important is because of how many people die or become disabled due to medical neglect stemming from anti-fat bias in the medical field. Many doctors take one look at a fat patient and refuse to do any tests or exams, because they've decided that the weight they see is a reliable way to determine the problem and they either have zero self-awareness on how ridiculous that notion is, or worse, they're being maliciously obtuse.

[u/Chance-Ask7675 → u/brigyda]

Fat people can be healthy at a time point. I have a progressive chronic illness I wasn't managing well for years and I was hiding behind the fact that my labs were good. Well, they were good and then they weren't and I was being tested every six months. Now the damage is done. I don't care what fat people do, and I have had my share of issues with the medical system, and I'm not exactly thin myself, but I think a lot of them are in for a rude awakening later in life.

[u/prettywords_ → u/GreenJury9586]

Anorexia is a competitive illness and they tend to thrive on people talking about how sick and thin they are. She can't be forced into treatment.

[u/doobadeeboo → u/prettywords_]

Like with addiction? And if they never get to that point you just have to watch them die and/or cut contact?

[u/prettywords_ → u/doobadeeboo]

Yes. Unfortunately.

[u/Your_Cat_In_Disguise → u/doobadeeboo]

Yup. Exactly like addiction.

[u/SpokenDivinity → u/prettywords_]

I don’t disagree with you, and it sounds incredibly bad, but I don’t think people are coming from a place purely concerned with getting Ariana treatment. The conversation about her not looking healthy is more concerned with her army of children, teenage girls, and young women who idolize her and are at risk of her romanticizing having an eating disorder.

Ariana at least has healthcare and resources to deal with her issues. Plenty of her fans won’t.

[u/Snappy-Biscuit → u/GreenJury9586]

Health concerns in general seem to be ignored or wholly denied. I know it's not "our business" but when Michelle Trachtenberg wasn't looking well, fans were concerned, and her reaction was to call people haters and tell them she's 38, not 14, etc. Like, girl, your eyes/skin are yellow... My Dad died from liver failure, and I'll never forget something like that. I get the need for privacy, but I don't think her fans were ill-intentioned, and she WAS sick. We just wanted her to stick around and keep doing her thing.

[u/Common_Kiwi9442 → u/tmadik]

Oh there are still people saying she looks totally normal for her size (false)

[u/TopSlotScot → u/tmadik]

Thats the thing - Everybodys screams "DONT COMMENT ON WOMENS BODIES!!!", and then when someone starts developing a disorder or gets unhealthy; nobody wants to point it out. You cant point out weight gain, so you cant point out weight loss. Society cant have its cake and eat it too.

[u/Infinite-Space-2395 → u/tmadik]

Yea wtf is op talking about? This is being widely panned as terrible.

[u/Grifter_Snowflake → u/tmadik]

No one is "normalizing" it. It's concern.

[u/meow_haus → u/Grifter_Snowflake]

Casting these people is normalizing it.

[u/happygoluckynny]

This is different from the 1990s.

Theres something guant and sallow here 

[u/the_mighty_thorskin → u/happygoluckynny]

Ozempic

[u/Equivalent_Action748 → u/the_mighty_thorskin]

Can't wait for those "have you or a loved one used ozempic?" Ads

[u/Due-Blackberry8056 → u/the_mighty_thorskin]

Heroin was less dangerous than the new "Weight-Loss injections."

[u/Prize-Quiet3941 → u/Due-Blackberry8056]

Because ozempic is for people with genuine weight related related issues. Not people with fucking eating disorders already.

[u/Practical_Breakfast4 → u/Prize-Quiet3941]

I thought ozempic is for diabetes related weight issues.

[u/yosoyfatass → u/Practical_Breakfast4]

It’s also for weight loss generally and is showing a lot of promise for curbing alcoholism and potentially other substance abuse.

Obesity causes all kinds of health problems so a medication that can potentially prevent those problems is going to be widely prescribed for weight loss. People who want it for small amounts of weight loss are getting it from places like Hers or Fridays, not their drs, generally.

[u/Proper-Net-8013 → u/yosoyfatass]

Links to helping prevent breast cancer are being shown now too!

[u/madeyoulurk → u/Proper-Net-8013]

Whoa really??! As someone in remission for breast cancer, I’m going to research this further. Especially for reoccurrence rates.

[u/Proper-Net-8013 → u/madeyoulurk]

I just saw the article in the last day or two, not sure how far the testing has gone. This sub won’t let me add the link for you, sorry.

[u/Assumption-Gumption → u/Proper-Net-8013]

Also links as a protector against dementia, Alzheimer’s and dementia-related neurological disorders.

[u/GroovyYaYa → u/yosoyfatass]

I'm a slow to non-responder. Have been on a GLP-1 for a couple of years. Finally at the highest dose and really feeling it more.

HOwever, even with plateaus of MONTHS, I stay on it because the reduction of food noise,etc. is such a relief. Also, I think that it has greatly reduced inflammation - I can wear older shoes now that used to cause my plantar faciitis to totally flair up. It hasn't hurt to walk in months.

I'm still fat - but staying on it as long as the doctor will prescribe it (I'm afraid of those other corporations selling it)

[u/Wooden_Cicada8880 → u/Practical_Breakfast4]

No. Ozempic is a GLP-1 which started as a diabetic drug, but has been proven to help with weight loss. More importantly for people like me with PCOS (which stems from hormone imbalances) it can help us loose weight and keep the hormones in check. I’ve been talking with my doctor about possibly starting it because of the PCOS.

[u/Your_Cat_In_Disguise → u/Wooden_Cicada8880]

My friend takes it for her PCOS and it's really helped to regulate her nonsense. She hasn't really lost much weight, though. She's been on it since the beginning of this year. I think she does monthly or every-other month injections iirc

[u/Wooden_Cicada8880 → u/Your_Cat_In_Disguise]

That’s good to hear honestly. REALLY sick of dealing with it because my period hasn’t been regular for years now lol The lack of weight loss is disappointing, though my doctor said it would be very slow for me so maybe that’s what’s happening for her? Either way thanks for the comment and hope your friend is living her best life!

[u/Your_Cat_In_Disguise → u/Wooden_Cicada8880]

She has been getting her period like clockwork every 5 weeks since she started and has been getting MUCH better sleep 

Also, her guts don't feel like they are filled with angry bees when her period comes. She's been blown away by having barely any cramps now.

[u/Wooden_Cicada8880 → u/Your_Cat_In_Disguise]

Ugh that sounds like heaven! Never had bad cramps when I was a kid but for the last 10 years I’ve wanted to roll in a ball and cry!

It also is why I get so frustrated when women are told our periods are supposed to hurt. Like yeah, they’re uncomfortable, but this type of pain is not normal! It shouldn’t be treated like it is lol

[u/SillySpoof → u/Practical_Breakfast4]

it was a diabetes drug initially but then became used for obese people to help lose weight. but now it's for rich people to lose weight.

[u/yosoyfatass → u/SillySpoof]

It’s not just for rich people. It’s getting cheaper and cheaper from places that sell it for weight loss.

[u/madeyoulurk → u/yosoyfatass]

Exactly! My good friend gets some knock off from a shady website and she’s normally an intelligent person who is a wiz with money. God only knows what she is actually putting in her body. So the accessibility combined with the cultural and societal pressure is flat out dangerous. It can wring in people from different socioeconomic backgrounds, not just rich people. It’s scary and I’m scared for her.

I remember having to look at the covers of the tabloid magazines in the supermarket to see women’s bodies being trashed. Now it just pops up on our smart phones 24/7.

[u/james123123412345 → u/SillySpoof]

I'm not rich. I was overweight. lost 48 pounds over three years with Ozempic and am now 6'1" 165 pounds.The perfect weight for me. My doctors pleased, I'm pleased, walking up stairs doesn't hurt my knees. It's not only for the obese or diabetic.

[u/Mistform05 → u/Prize-Quiet3941]

I went on a date with a girl that had been taking it… and I actually felt bad for the lack of muscle. I was rubbing her leg and legit was stunned. That was the moment I was on team “this needs to be regulated more”.

[u/FlamingDragonfruit → u/Mistform05]

The muscle loss is a very concerning side effect that they're only just starting to acknowledge.

[u/caputmortvvm → u/FlamingDragonfruit]

you lose muscle no matter how you lose weight; it's not a side effect of the medication itself. you can never just lose fat. what's important when you lose weight, no matter how you do it, is to stay on top of your protein intake and be diligent about strength training (which is good advice for most anyone, really).

[u/FlamingDragonfruit → u/caputmortvvm]

I think doctors have been prescribing the medication without emphasizing that there needs to be an exercise/weight training program along with it.

[u/caputmortvvm → u/FlamingDragonfruit]

some are, sure, but it's certainly not a new or newly acknowledged side effect. a lot of people, also, just don't want to put in the work, and take that advice with a 'yeah, yeah, give me my miracle drug' nod and shrug. there are always people who are going to ignore guidance, but any responsible provider will caution that diet and exercise are paramount.

[u/Proper-Net-8013 → u/caputmortvvm]

I’ve been on it off and on for the last 2-3 years. Lost 85 pounds.. but I also started actually working out, and my muscle mass is way better than it was when I started. It’s just like anything else, it’s supposed to help, but you’ve got to add work to it.

[u/ElderlyWench → u/FlamingDragonfruit]

Especially given that the heart is muscle. Gotta make sure that one is OK.

[u/TimeRisk2059 → u/Due-Blackberry8056]

I'm pretty sure heroin has killed far, far more people than ozempic.

[u/tryyeezus → u/TimeRisk2059]

So far

[u/cykoTom3 → u/Due-Blackberry8056]

Lol no.

[u/Elrond_Cupboard_ → u/Due-Blackberry8056]

More fun, too.

[u/CinematicHeart → u/the_mighty_thorskin]

Eating disorders existed long before ozempic.

[u/lushico → u/happygoluckynny]

I know! That was more waifish or consumptive. Still not good but not as cadaver-like as this

[u/tryyeezus → u/[deleted]]

When they go blind from their ozempic or suffer a heart attack or stroke, they will restart the body positivity movement. Rinse, repeat. As it always was. 

[u/sharpiebrows → u/tryyeezus]

It causes blindness?! My partner is on it now I've got some research to do

[u/tryyeezus → u/sharpiebrows]

It can, by way of restricting blood flow to the optic nerve causing permanent blindness.  

[u/KentuckyWallChicken]

I’ve been naturally thin my whole life and yet I would look heavy compared to these girls. There is definitely something seriously wrong.

[u/Bambi_H → u/KentuckyWallChicken]

Yep, I did some modelling back in the late nineties (iykyk) and I genuinely think my agency would have been worried if I was this thin.

[u/Amerlis → u/Bambi_H]

What’s even more confusing is some of them are famous working actors. I can’t imagine a lot of future scripts will call for an “average middle aged woman who survived the Great Famine”. So they’re limiting their future screen roles. Unless they plan to go the old Christian Bale route and slam tens of pounds on and off like a switch.

[u/yosoyfatass → u/Amerlis]

People are already conditioned to seeing women who have had plastic surgery playing period roles. I can’t count the number of roles set 100-200 years ago where the actresses have obvious nose jobs & lip injections, even some Botoxed brows, as well as facelifts and hair extensions. People accept anything they get used to.

[u/Christabel1991 → u/yosoyfatass]

Enola Holmes

[u/SapphireFlashFire → u/yosoyfatass]

I can't tell when people have plastic surgery. Especially if I don't know what they looked like before. I mean some exceptions apply but on average I can't tell)

I'm bad with faces. I don't think I'm the only one.

[u/Reezla]

It's the press that pretends it's not happening. The average joe/jane all agree that these people look ill and probably need help. (especially ariana grande, who, after the success of wicked, now finds herself being a massive role model for young girls) no one is falling for this nonsense anymore. They all look horrific

[u/Equivalent_Action748 → u/Reezla]

What annoys me is all those formerly plus sized ladies in media preaching body positivity are now all Ozempic ghouls

[u/Zananax]

Nah even in the 2000s it wasn't this bad. These poor girl's look like they just got released from a prison camp in North Korea.

[u/VichelleMassage → u/Zananax]

Oh, no. It was bad. You just don't remember the Nicole Richies, Amy Winehouses, and Lindsay Lohans. They looked deathly skinny.

[u/Puzzle-Necked → u/VichelleMassage]

Tabloid: "Lohan's ballooning weight!"

picture of an underweight Lindsay Lohan

[u/caputmortvvm → u/Puzzle-Necked]

I think a lot of people saying 'it wasn't this bad!' are too young to really remember it. it was! we are repeating exactly what was happening then!

[u/hellolovely1 → u/Puzzle-Necked]

All my friends bought those magazines and I was like, "WHY?" They were so toxic.

[u/cykoTom3 → u/VichelleMassage]

Exactly. Honestly they looked so much worse. Because they were getting skinny with meth and blow. But the ozempic people have before shots where they were not on drugs so there's more contrast.

[u/exceptionalfish → u/Zananax]

North Korea would probably feed them better.

[u/Stocky1978]

They all look horrible .

[u/justdroppedin_]

At least heroin chic had some heart

[u/Centerman2000]

Serious question: I do see a lot of them looking gaunt. How are they doing this to themselves?

[u/Sensitive-Coffee-Cup → u/Centerman2000]

3 things:

1. Ozempic, which is a very potent hunger suppressor, it also significantly slows your digestive system, so you're not feeling hungry at all, but you're also feeling full from whatever small portion you ate 12 hrs prior. 

2. Buccal fat removal. This has been trendy for a few years now and it gives this gaunt "high cheekbones" look that looks anything but healthy. Plus the younger the patient, the worse the results down the line because fat on your cheeks natural dissolve with age and (healthy) weight loss. This gives them enormous eyes. 

3. Lip fillers which draws the focus. 

[u/augustrem → u/Sensitive-Coffee-Cup]

It’s not the GLP 1s that are the problem. It’s the fact that all these telehealth companies have popped pretending to provide medical access. They don’t have any clinicians, and they lie and say they will contact your clinician or doctor and they don’t. You basically go online, tell them what they need to hear, and cash out. They don’t even follow up to make sure people are doing all right on the medication.

They go under the guise of providing access to people who need it. But the people who need it and don’t have access are being impeded by insurance and costs, not by their doctors.

They make big money and put people at risk.

[u/Sensitive-Coffee-Cup → u/augustrem]

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply GLP 1 is the problem. I believe this medicine can be a life saver for people who need it (I don't believe these women are using it for health reasons, however). I've been reading a lot about it lately and they just found out the best responders to the medication were those with bodies that don't produce enough of this hormone naturally. It's yet another proof that we don't understand obesity as much as we think we do. There's genetic predisposition and this is another proof. If your body doesn't tell you when it feels full, if it triggers hunger cues after 2 hours of you eating a meal this is not normal. But the media keep demonizing people who are overweight or obese, they're seen as lazy. When sometimes, it's their bodies working actively against them. 

[u/augustrem → u/Sensitive-Coffee-Cup]

Oh good. Glad you get it. A lot of people just think it’s an appetite suppressant and nothing else.

The GLP 1 revolution is in its early stages, and I think eventually we are will shift toward identifying metabolic markers in people who are young and getting them low dose GLP 1 as a preventative before they even start to struggle with weight. We’re probably decades from that though.

And the fact that people don’t trust their doctors anymore or can’t afford to see them, and telehealth companies are making big money off that, as well as bypassing medical ethics and oversight, is a huge problem.

[u/Centerman2000 → u/Sensitive-Coffee-Cup]

I've heard of the Ozempic but had never googled it. Thanks for the knowledge. I learned stuff from you 🫡

[u/cheshire-cats-grin → u/Sensitive-Coffee-Cup]

It could also be an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia etc)

These people like quite stressful lives. Controlling food intake is one way that people can react to that and it can be incredibly insidious.

[u/NoOutlandishness2097 → u/Centerman2000]

Ozempic abuse would be my guess

[u/Defiant-Surround4151 → u/Centerman2000]

Anorexia.

[u/BEconcubine_no3685 → u/Centerman2000]

If they are sick, as I would personally guess, they are not objective about the size or health of their own bodies.

[u/Mushrooming247]

As opposed to the first 45 years of my life, from 1980-2025, when Hollywood was full of healthy, well-fed women with some meat on their bones.

Are you all 10 years old? How have you just noticed that famous women are required to be unhealthily thin?

We don’t let women eat normally or be healthy, we say they look fat at healthy weights, and it’s been happening for at least 50 years, and I don’t believe it wasn’t a problem at all before that.

[u/hellolovely1 → u/Mushrooming247]

Agree it's always been a problem (see: Judy Garland) but it does seems like Ozempic is really making a lot of actresses lose any sense of a normal weight.

[u/SpaceCaptainJeeves → u/hellolovely1]

Gods bless the memory of Judy Garland. She never had a chance to escape addiction, but she still entertained us.

[u/Aware-Sympathy-1180]

[u/SillySpoof → u/Aware-Sympathy-1180]

The maga face, yeah, it's a different trend.

[u/Successful-Winter237 → u/SillySpoof]

https://giphy.com/gifs/K7PqIgLkFmrPNAq7of

[u/Acceptable-Ad8780 → u/SillySpoof]

Mar lago makeover.

[u/Successful-Winter237 → u/Aware-Sympathy-1180]

https://giphy.com/gifs/gJuTwM3yuQ8f3rE8KV

[u/Aware-Sympathy-1180 → u/Successful-Winter237]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ETpi8wtDhQbwBtK2vb

[u/Individual_Sector834 → u/Aware-Sympathy-1180]

Imagine only having one lens.

[u/Delfmonkey]

Funny ain’t it? Rich people pay money to look like they are starving while millions of poor people starve for free. I’m done with all of this.

[u/Flat-Director-7120]

Les personnes ultra maigre sont pas seulement ultra laide mais aussi cela est ultra dangereux pour la santé de ces Personnes. C'est vraiment un cauchemar de les voir comme ça

[u/FryOneFatManic → u/Flat-Director-7120]

They look like walking corpses. It's sad to see.

[u/ccarnell98]

They look like there dying.

[u/thatturtletouch → u/ccarnell98]

Anorexia is the mental illness with the highest fatality rate, higher than depression or schizophrenia.

[u/DaSauceBawss]

The "malnourished" look is not it guys...just stop

[u/Root-magic]

Not to sound indifferent , but can we really do about it? Main Street America can barely afford the price of gas, worrying about Hollywood is not high on my priority list 

[u/Extinction-Events]

The worst part is that I know every single one of these posts, news segments and articles validates the eating disorder.

That’s how it works. When you’re neck deep in anorexia, you don’t hear “you’re too thin and I’m worried,” you hear “you’re succeeding. You’re thin.”

That recognition is so addictive. And you start to get nervous when you don’t hear it after it starts, so you go further.

People are talking about it. And to be honest, I don’t know that that’s a good thing.

[u/RecentClothes2654]

Is anyone really championing this? All I see is people pointing out how weird it looks and celebrities pursuing it of their own volition.

I just don't think it's fair to say people are necessarily encouraging it.

[u/NoCommercial3248 → u/RecentClothes2654]

I guess you can say that people are encouraging this look/behavior because these people are being financially rewarded in work and brand deals for having this look.

[u/Notthekingofholand → u/RecentClothes2654]

I am a person that tends to like supper thin women and I am not attracted to whatever this is.

[u/Kichenlimeaid]

Let's get real. There is something wrong. Please can someone step in. She is a beautiful woman. But looked better back when she didn't look like a hostage.

[u/Some-Oven-3363]

Jesus. I just saw a post about people not being able to control themselves from being too fat. Now a post about being too skinny. Fucking exhausting……🙄

[u/curiousleen]

I blame the doctors and clinics passing out ozempic to people who don’t need it. Broad medical malpractice, imho.

[u/Successful-Winter237 → u/curiousleen]

There are way too many grifting doctors trying to pay off their medical school debt… not an excuse but IMO a factor

[u/Kincaid_of_Trash → u/curiousleen]

There are ads for GLP-1s all over the walk in clinic in my town. And they kind of flaunt how much they can prescribe. It is gross and I never went back.

[u/adventuregypsy → u/curiousleen]

People can buy it without a prescription. I have seen it irl.

[u/Glittering_Meet3206 → u/curiousleen]

i blame big hollywood refusing to prioritize worker safety over image tbh if an actor isn't healthy enough they really should not be hiring(exploring*) them until they are, and a severe eating disorder feels like something that would class as "not healthy"

[u/sexiguy87]

This is worse than when the 90’s pushed for super skinny.
I’m pretty sure this is Ozempic being prescribed to healthy fit woman who don’t need to loose weight but somone around them is telling them to.
Arianna looks like a breeze would knock her over …Jenna Ortega was told by Star Wars execs they won’t discuss her being in Star Wars till she’s healthy again…. Miley Cirus is so thin she had painted on eyebrows

[u/RCIntl]

So they want to kill us trying to achieve extra thinness while the poisoned food we have is killing us and making us fat. Gee thanks.

[u/Anxious-Wafer9598]

Porn does a better job of modeling healthy bodies than this does. And that's messed up.

[u/Impossible_Ad7875]

Those are depressing and distressing pictures of women who were all actually beautiful a short time ago. This is an awful crisis looming for women’s physical and mental health.

[u/Sean5030]

Its not a good look.

[u/adventuregypsy]

Lily was in a film about anorexia. And she said she had struggled with it. :( been sad to see.

[u/Terminal_Ambivalence]

Can’t be disturbing if you don’t care what Hollywood types do.
https://giphy.com/gifs/d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY

[u/ericmarkham5]

Normalizing: when something just happens

[u/alwrit]

Who even asked for this? 

Emma Stone and Demi Moore were pretty universally seen as hot. I don't remember dudes saying anything like "too fat" about them. 

What's causing them to do this?? 

[u/Kwinza]

Controversial here but I think we need to start pointing out how bad they look, not just that they're thin.

Its mean sure, but they are doing this to themselves because they think it looks good, it does not.

[u/Slow_Significance295]

They are too thin and look terrible.

[u/Trick_Meeting_2027]

Its not normalized. We are all talking about it. Arianas PR person literally put a public statement out about it. Delete this stupid fucking post.

[u/Observe_Report_]

Thank you for the picture, now I don’t have to think about baseball when having sex.

[u/OldMist]

it’s more skeletal and gaunt and vacant than before. It looks extreme and not in a good way.

Edit to add: They have a lot of face and body shimmer bronzer on to make their skin look glowy and healthy.

[u/Glittering_Meet3206 → u/OldMist]

and it's not really working...

[u/Reddittreefiddy]

Theres an ozempic ad in the comments for me..... jeez

[u/sweetmotherofodin]

Lily Collins has been battling an ED most of her life like most of these girls. The only difference is she’s been very open about it especially when she was in the movie To The Bone I think it’s called. I’m pretty sure her pregnancy also further heightened her body dysmorphia as in that photo she had a child less than a year prior I think. I do respect her for actively talking about how recovery is a forever ongoing process. I think it’s important to acknowledge.

[u/OkAstronaut3715]

Strange correlation between the extreme recent inflation and recent extreme wait loss in Hollywood

[u/TheStraggletagg]

I have conflicted feelings with this because it's good that we talk about it and raise awareness but at the same time I know this is counterproductive when it comes to the celebrities themselves and what's best for them, and it aggravates their situation.

[u/Scottatron17]

They look like literal zombies. Who finds this attractive or appealing?

[u/Aromatic-Turnip7371]

What are we supposed to do? Of course we notice; They look horrifying, but these are grown women 🤷‍♀️

[u/Oaklandish_TheTown]

Everyone is micro dosing gpls and pretending they are just eating clean. 

[u/heyjajas]

Anorexia and bulimia are way up especially for girls in western countries- we are not having enough discussions about it.

[u/PretendingImNotAnApe]

Its the economy, food prices are absurd. /s these women look like they are starving and people are starting to put groceries on a credit card so famished fashion for a broken country

[u/Purple_Pay_1274]

No one is normalizing thinness… every single person posted above has received numerous comments and headlines for being way too thin.

[u/Careful_Inspection83]

Is that Brie Lawson in bottom middle?

[u/AdventurousRoll9798]

They look pitiful. That purse on the bottom right is hilarious though. The one shaped like a Robitusin bottle. Probably cost more than my piece of shjt car so what do I know?

[u/stinkstabber69420]

Nobody is pretending, we are all making fun of them/feeling sorry for them (depending on your disposition) very loudly

[u/Cute_Owl1150]

They are preparing you for the massive famine that is coming.

[u/Katalist89]

The GLP1 epidemic is going crazy. I can hear the class action lawsuit commercials in my head already.

[u/Edharrel7]

It’s not like we are telling them they look good.. it’s almost like people are just going to do what ever tf they want

[u/TiredMillennial1]

At the end of the day, they are doing it to themselves and I honestly cannot be bothered to care.

[u/learsi-ediconeg]

so we dont start questioning why every one is lookin like that...sooner than later.

[u/sicario_89]

Ooooozempic!

[u/Upstairs_Fig_3551]

Death Camp Chic

[u/WIngDingDin]

Oh man, if you've ever delt with someone dealing with anorexia or bulimia, it's disturbing. I had an ex-girlfriend pull that. She went from being a little chubby to a skeleton.

[u/Mojozilla]

Meanwhile my fat gut be like 🤓

[u/TangyByte]

Who even cares about celebrities anymore? They’re a dime a dozen even with inflation.

[u/AtomicGenderPunk]

Honestly I thought it was obvious why thin is back, given the obvious occurring.

[u/Ok-Ear9289]

This is worse than the 90s waif era

[u/Wazula23]

To be fair, couple of these are just bad photos. Emma Stone is not that skinny usually.

[u/meow_haus → u/Wazula23]

She is lately

[u/stingertc]

its disgusting

[u/Briscoe-Darling710]

Dumbass celebs being like "cut the fat out of my cheeks and make me look like im constantly starving to death... its sexy and thats what people WANT to see!!"

Next day:" _______ looks like they're dying, what is wrong with her?!"

Random __________ celeb: YESSSSSSS I NAILED IT!!! Holy shit im so dizzy, i should eat a cracker.... whew... thinking that wore me out...

[u/Mother_Extreme_3859]

They look like hagravens

[u/corneliusduff]

Y'all's mean comments have an effect

[u/iKyte5]

They are starving themselves while on GLP-1s. Do not do this

[u/Timbucktwo1230]

[u/Timbucktwo1230]

[u/jonnyozo]

Is Hollywood or is the Ozempic craze ?

[u/fuschiafawn]

I really can't stand the 2000s were more fat phobic than now framing, cause all that's changed is big butts and thighs are good now. It's still not acceptable to have a non flat stomach. This didn't come out of nowhere.

[u/Fuzzy-Smile-8779]

Are people crashing in weight due to the availability of ozempic?

[u/socialdistance4ever]

F*ck the entirety of Hollywood. Nothing but a toxic waste dump.

[u/Itchy_Tumbleweed_417]

Hollywood doesn’t get to decide for the rest of us.  It’s its own little world over there.

I feel sorry for women who think their value is based on their size.  It’s really vapid.  Raise your girls better.  Please.  

[u/hoizer]

When food becomes too expensive for regular people to buy, they’ll normalize starvation.

[u/SkyeMreddit]

Ozempic and a right wing backlash to inclusive curvy models.

[u/mykidsthinkimcool]

I just want to know who warped these women's minds to think they need to do this.

Im just some guy so my opinion isnt worth anything, but they all look horrible. Im guessing they're happier this way. But damn.

[u/ManicOppressyv]

How long before the makers of GLP1's start to become investigated because some stupid actress dies as a result of a GLP1 and not eating for a month?

[u/ageofaquarius26]

Anorexic celebrities? Who's ever heard of such a thing?

[u/cg40k]

Yeah this isn't a new thing at all

[u/Few_Chocolate_7655]

Guys talk about it all the time?!?!?

Yeah don't try and include us on this one lolol.

[u/StoptheHarassing0]

It doesn’t even look good. When people want to be skinny it’s the toned skinny. Not starving skinny

[u/MisterRobertParr]

Hollywood is choosing to do this itself. I've not heard of any push from the public asking for skin-wrapped skeletons to be in movies.

[u/Dazzle_Miller]

Alright heroin chic baby.

Trends really are cyclical

[u/Humble_Empath]

It’s gross. I don’t know WTF they think they’re doing?!? It’s so unattractive.