new wave feminism

The most disappointing part of this cover is the angle the magazine takes. The headline could just as well read: “women pushed to be too thin by bullshit beauty standards that don’t make any damn sense.”

okay, i guess that wouldn’t fly either but you get the point. these women most likely pushed themselves to maintain such unhealthy weights because we live in an asshole culture that does nothing but pick at everyones flaws. we’ll remind you on a daily basis that you’re too fat until we start noticing that you’re too thin. either way you’re not enough, and the internalized self hatred just grows & grows…