The Second Season ofSurvival of the ThickestCouldn’t Be Better Timed
Having grown up studyingSeventeendiet tips and Slimfast ads as though they might contain the secret to everlasting life (or eternal admiration, which was all I really wanted as an anxious, body-insecure tween), I genuinely didnt think diet culture could get more toxic than it was when I was in middle school in the aughts. Unfortunately, however, a recent trend on TikTok has proven me wrong: Just recently, an AI-generatedchubby filterthat allowed users to see what they would look like if they weregaspfat was removed from the video-sharing app after causing an uproar....