Mamamia Out Loud

A LITTLE TREAT: SUBS TASTER: Celebrities Look Emaciated And I Don’t Know What To Say

Jan 29, 2026
They dig into the rise of weight loss injections, plastic surgery and the ‘sex doll’ aesthetic shaping public faces and bodies. They trace thin-ideal history from the 90s to now. They explore how celebrity looks filter into everyday life and shift standards for women.
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INSIGHT

Silence Masks Aesthetic Shift

  • Mia Freedman argues we struggle to discuss women's changing appearances in 2026 because it's fraught and feels off-limits.
  • She says this silence lets a worrying aesthetic shift go unexamined and normalised.
ANECDOTE

Celebrity Weight Loss Excuses

  • Mia recalls public figures shrinking and offering mundane explanations like walking or giving up alcohol.
  • She contrasts that with private realities of cosmetic change and the public's uncertain reactions.
INSIGHT

Historical Pattern Repeats

  • Mia links 90s thinspiration and The Beauty Myth to today's pressure for women to become smaller and altered.
  • She highlights a recurring pattern where cultural power gains coincide with pressure to shrink women's bodies.
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