There Are No Girls on the Internet #SkinnyTok Was Banned from TikTok. So Why Is It Still Everywhere?
Welcome to #SkinnyTok — a corner of TikTok where extreme thinness is framed as “discipline,” wellness becomes control, and disordered eating is dressed up as aesthetic. Even though TikTok banned the hashtag and popular creators like Liv Schmidt , the content hasn’t disappeared, it’s just gotten harder to spot.
In this episode, journalist Kat Tenbarge joins us to unpack how TikTok’s design glorifies harmful beauty standards and quietly funnels users — especially women and girls — toward content that can distort how we see our bodies and ourselves.
She explains why simply banning it doesn't work, and how creators are effectively pushing back to confront it head-on.
Read more: Eating Disorder Content Is Infiltrating TikTok. Some Creators Are Going Viral Debunking It – by Kat Tenbarge, Wired
Follow Kat’s work at Spitfire News: https://spitfirenews.com/
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