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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Coffey

We can’t let ‘body shaming’ stop us calling out the terrifying skinnification of celebrity culture

Return to the Noughties? A-listers have been noticeably shrinking – sparking difficult debates on body positivity - (Getty)

What makes you think you have the right to comment on another woman’s body?”

This admonition, and hundreds of others like it, has been cropping up a lot recently. Once upon a time, it would have been in response to trolls taking aim at a woman deemed too fat. Now, it’s being deployed against users expressing concern for women deemed too thin, a social media storm sparked after Ariana Grande was “called out” over her weight after the release of the music video for “Petal”, at the end of last month.

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