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ICYMI: Gwyneth Paltrow and the Ozempic Craze

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The Rise of Instagram in the 2010s

Diet culture at the same time was booming The 1980s saw the introduction of products like lean cuisine or diet sodas like diet coke and crystal light As well as celebrity home workout videos from people like Richard Simmons and Jane Fonda. By the 2000s thin white bodies were the epitome of celebrity culture Kind of all leading up to that famous or infamous Kate Moss quote declaring that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels That was in 2009 and one year later instagram was born A big big moment and it was not only changed like the entire social media landscape But it became yet another place to showcase and perpetuate these unrealistic beauty and body standards.

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