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Weight Loss Drugs, Thin Worship, and Crash Diets: The Unwelcome Return of Eating Disorder Culture
Warning: This article includes discussion of eating disorders, weight loss drugs, body image, and diet culture.The Y2K renaissance is showing no signs of slowing and, while I’m in full support of bedazzled denim and the resurgence of , I can’t cosign what it's resurrecting in terms of the normalization of disordered eating, thin worship, and a societal obsession with shrinking our bodies at any cost.As a verified geriatric millennial (1984, thankyouverymuch), I feel qualified to speak on this topic with some authority. And as an eating disorder survivor who was first diagnosed with anorexia at what I consider the peak of societally sanctioned body terrorism, I can no longer ignore the looming threat of the twisted 2000s-era ethos creeping back in.