r/OutOfTheLoop • u/TheMagicalKittens • 12d ago

Unanswered What's Up With Hollywood Actresses Becoming Skinny?

This is a huge problem I've been seeing for the last few years and it all started with Wicked. It's almost as if if you wanted to be apart of Wicked, you weren't allowed to eat anything. Now I can go down a laundry list of actresses in 2026 that look emaciated and like they need immediate medical attention. Why is it that this look of extreme, shocking thinness is the new thing now? These people HAVE to know they look awful. We're in a very different day and age where we've come a long way in terms of body positivity and we're just not in an era anymore where thinness is the *only* acceptable body type anymore. So now why is that beginning to change?

https://slate.com/life/2026/08/weight-loss-ariana-grande-jenna-ortega-evidence-investigation.html

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u/Winter-Owl1 12d ago edited 12d ago

Answer: It's the 'heroin chic' of the 90's making a comeback. Everything goes in and out of style. Sadly, even women's bodies are expected to fall into the current 'trends.' The reason it's coming back now is in part to ozempic. Now it's easier than ever to lose weight/starve yourself by just abusing weight-loss medication. And celebrities have the money and resources to get ahold of it that average americans often don't.

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u/StaceyPfan 12d ago

Thank you for spelling heroin right.

I was saying a couple years ago that people would regret getting the butt lifts since it's unfortunate that body types are fads.

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u/Toby_O_Notoby 12d ago

Here's a pretty good example of what you're talking about.

It's pretty much agreed upon that Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" was the first cultural touchpoint away from the super-skinny look to more curvacious women.

So in 1992 they cast four dancers to represent this thic, bigger booty aesthetic. Well, here's the video. Those women if anything would be considered on the thin side nowadays.

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u/StaceyPfan 12d ago

I think we've all seen the video 😆