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Dear Cosmo, You'll Never Convince Us Obesity Is Healthy

I’m old enough to remember when girls in their teens and 20s were starving themselves because they wanted to be skinny like Kate Moss on the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine. “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” Remember that Moss quote? I used it quite a bit when I was motivating myself to lose weight as an awkward teenager.

By Pardes Seleh3 min read
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But that was the ‘90s and times have changed. Now, according to Cosmo, being morbidly obese is both beautiful and healthy. Kate Moss is “out” and 5’5” 340 pound Tess Holliday is “in.” The arbiters of mainstream beauty culture have decided celebrating skinny is no longer trendy.