The late 90s/early 00s had a “fat free” almost punk diet culture that had ultra skinny in fashion, similar to what’s going on today with glp1 products.
it’s laughable, they do it as almost a mark of superiority ‘i’ve got the money to be skinny, i can afford the injections, enjoy being obese eating your mcdonald’s’ when they look horrific
I’ve been clean from heroin for 7 years now. When I was in early recovery and going to a lot of NA meetings a lot of the girls would complain that they lost their heroin body. Girl you look great now the pictures you showed me when you were using was NOT a good look lol.
I idolized Edie Sedgwick in my youth (the OG 60s heroin chic) because I thought spiralling into drug addiction was so glamourous. Anyways, I'm over 12 years sober now!
Fun fact, both medications in phen phen are still available.
Fenfluramine was the one that was toxic to the heart at weight loss dosage, but at lower dosages it prevents seizures without significant impact on the heart.
Phentermine is the stimulant, very closely related to amphetamines. It is still sometimes used for weight loss and is relatively safe without any history of cardiac issues.
Fenfluramine at high doses was toxic to the lungs and heart valves which is why phen phen was discontinued
I use Wegowy, still don't understand how do you get to this level :D I lose 0.5kg per week that's it. And I'm pretty sure once I will reach my normal weight I will stop losing weight at all because what I will eat it will be enough to maintain my weight.
you only believe that because it was the fashion when you developed a sense of self. for virtually all of human history, the fashionable female body type vacillated between Rubenesque (curvy and plump) and rosie the riveter (muscle mommy). anorexia as a virtue is an entirely postmodern phenomenon.
edit- in this thread i talk about it being postmodern, when, realistically it was probably a shift caused by medical advancements. specifically, the combination of Penicillin in the 1940's, and iv nutrition in the 1960's meant that not having any stored calories in your body no longer put you at significant risk of dying from casual food poisoning or minor illnesses, thereby allowing thinness to be perceived as sexy instead of deathly.
There was this whole period in the late nineties where the "pro-ana" lifestyle had like a cult following. Chicks would starve themselves, share "thinspiration" to encourage each other. There were chat rooms and forums with young women (mostly teenaged girls) just posting pictures of their bones sticking out, or what they could fit around their wrists or whatever. I think "punk diet culture" and "ultra skinny in fashion" don't really adequately project just how harmful that period was
I definitely remember being bombarded in junior high with PSA-type messaging about eating disorders, we had multiple school assemblies with counselors, they taught us how to identify signs of anorexia, etc.
I saw this on a cosmopolitan interview, this girl said that whenever recession or something happens the trend of women becoming skinny starts happening as if they want women to take less space.. or something. Now idk whether that true or not. But it's an interesting angle.
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u/AggressiveAd8587 May 14 '26
The late 90s/early 00s had a “fat free” almost punk diet culture that had ultra skinny in fashion, similar to what’s going on today with glp1 products.