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Andrea Cleary: Gwyneth’s disordered eating might scare people off dieting culture. But probably not
The star’s bone broth and (!) intravenous vitamins are reminders that diet culture hasn’t gone away, and never will – it just shapeshifts every few years
Since first hearing the news that “thin is back”, thanks to Kim Kardashian’s extreme weight loss and the increased visibility of ribcages and low-rise jeans on fashion-magazine covers, I’ve been thinking about how growing up in the 1990s and 2000s really did a number on us. The Weight Watchers cookies in the cupboard; the Special K diet (“drop a jeans size in two weeks”); the red rings of shame around celebrity women’s cellulite, stomachs and ...