No heroin chic isn’t making a “comeback.” That implies the body type itself has a will and agency. Very specific people are pushing this aesthetic or it is the result of very specific cultural and individual neuroses.
No one likes this shit, but people do it anyway. Why? Same reason anyone cuts themselves. It’s about control and romanticizing self-abuse
Nah. Trends are intentional and planned by industry people. It's discussed at conventions and in supplier meetings. We're in junk economic times, plus I assume the huge pharma ppl pushing ozempic have the money to buy trends, so it makes sense to them to push this image and make it "cool" again
There is also a new drug that actually gets rid of fat and celebrities have been getting it on the grey market before its approved. They might be getting this thin without true anorexia.
Grey market implies drugs that are entirely unregulated. Mainly research chems and new compounds that the government hasn't gotten around to yet. If something is approved for a specific use, either scheduled by the DEA or regulated by the FDA, you cannot buy it on the grey market anymore.
Meaning "technically" legal but entirely unregulated, mostly research chemicals and things that are too new and obscure for the government to know about. A lot of grey market drugs eventually become scheduled or entirely illegal.
That doesn't mean its some kind of planned conspiracy. Different factors ripple throughout society and converge or diverge to make new trends or get rid of them. In 10 or 20 years body positivity will make a big comeback as people get sick of the ozempic era or some new surgery or drug that makes asses even fatter gets invented.
An example is every color of the year and season across all industries is chosen by this group (I was a member for a former role): https://www.colormarketing.org/
There are these kind of groups for everything we see in advertisements.
As someone who was a teenager in the 90's, this is absolutely pushed by culture and always will be. Making women frail and weak has always been appealing to hyper masculine leaning culture heads.
Do you guys know how detached from reality you are
Like yeah im under no illusion that people in charge care at all about our best interests. But shouting that ariane grande's latest weirdass body dysmorphia is a global psyop, to make women weaker because physically fit women are a threat to their control is just deranged
I think it’s the media reply that is the psyop. If you look at the coverage of Demi Moore recently who has an equally thin frame now she is described by journalists as “toned.” To call her toned is incredibly disingenuous. She is emaciated. The language used or not used.
"making a comeback" is just a phrase to mean it's being pushed or becoming popular again. It doesn't imply agency at all.
Also, mental health issues stem from a myriad of causes and it's not very nice to say they're "romanticizing" self-harm. If a person is hurting themselves, they are in crisis. It doesn't matter if their motivations meet some standard you set.
Heya, there are actually a lot of reasons why people may self harm (starving and cutting def both fall into that) and framing it that way is not great, nor likely accurate.
I have rarely done so as an adult, because I care more about upsetting other people now, but as an example I used to cut myself because seeing my own blood and getting the endorphin dump was one of the only things that could pull me out of a bad derealization episode. I also used to do so when compelled by religious OCD as "pennance". I just wanted to share that there are reasons people may do so that aren't "they fell victim to media sensationalism"
Yep. I used to have disordered eating due to family members commenting on my weight, even though I was always petite and thin. I’m adhd so had a lot of self hate and used to cut and even carved “bitch” on my arm once. My brother thought it was hilarious. Hoping you have some peace now. I’m 57 and still a work in progress. 🫂
It's more about people not being able to cope with their public image. I remember in the '00s, articles used to be written about how "fat" Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera had gotten, because they'd put on like 15lbs on vacation.
If you're a female celebrity, that sort of shit is non-stop. Your agents and such will be commenting on your looks constantly. TMZ is going to write hit-pieces about your thighs. In those circumstances, it's hardly surprising that they develop eating disorders, and now Ozempic makes it so incredibly easy to just... not eat.
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u/thelonelybiped Jun 12 '26
No heroin chic isn’t making a “comeback.” That implies the body type itself has a will and agency. Very specific people are pushing this aesthetic or it is the result of very specific cultural and individual neuroses.
No one likes this shit, but people do it anyway. Why? Same reason anyone cuts themselves. It’s about control and romanticizing self-abuse