DEI Deathwatch: ‘Shrinking Girl Summer’

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Via The Guardian (emphasis added):

Something is changing. Gone are the days when there was a deluge of messaging that told us to love our bodies no matter their size. When brands were falling over themselves in the who-can-shout-self-love-the-loudest Olympics. When Vogue, once a shrine to the skinny, declared three plus-size women were the new supers and plastered them on the cover. Instead, in a change I’d never have believed possible just two years ago, we have somehow been thrust back into a noughties-­level skinny worship culture that is bringing up the same feelings I’ve been running from since I was a girl.

If first there was Hot Girl Summer, then Brat Summer, I reckon we are now living through Shrinking Girl Summer.

Some of the porkers who refuse to eat responsibly or walk further than ten yards from the parking lot to the Piggly Wiggly on pain of death are taking the zeitgeist shift in stride and adjusting accordingly; others struggle to cope with reality.

Sad!

On the former side of the ledger, the pop culture machine’s poster child for gluttony, #bodypositive icon Lizzo, has embraced the “fitness culture” that the legacy media has insisted is white supremacist for years now.

Via Women's Health (emphasis added):

It’s 11am on a sunny Monday, and Lizzo and I are powering through a circuit-training session in the gym of her mid-century modern Los Angeles home. 'Let’s get it!' she hollers, Beyoncé’s Renaissance blasting as she launches into her third set of lateral step-overs and I push through bench dips…

More than a hitmaker, Lizzo inspired a wave of empowerment and body positivity by shattering beauty standards and affirming that health and self-love aren’t about fitting into a mold. 'I’m not a snack at all,' she declares on 'Juice'. 'Look, baby, I’m the whole damn meal.'…

Strengthening her body wasn’t all about putting in physical work, though. For years, she’d been vegan, but admittedly, she wasn’t approaching it in the healthiest way. Eating mostly bread, soy, cashew cheese, and meat substitutes left her lightheaded and bloated…

Getting her habits in check took a great deal of mental work. 'There was a lot of shame and guilt I had to forgive myself for,' Lizzo says. These days, she’s achieved what she describes as a 'very sustainable' lifestyle.

Personally, I think it’s a bad career move. If Lizzo is not the icon of morbid obesity, she’s just a hack making subpar DEI music.

Her carnival-level enormity and her total lack of shame thereof are her stock and trade.

She’s come a long way from twerking her enormous backside while playing James Madison’s 200-year-old flute that the Library of Congress saw fit to let her borrow and desecrate on stage three years ago for some DEI reason, in a grotesque display of cultural dominance — arguably the single most radicalizing video I’ve ever watched.

NOBODY HAS EVER HEARD THIS FAMOUS CRYSTAL FLUTE BEFORE

NOW YOU HAVE

IM THE FIRST & ONLY PERSON TO EVER PLAY THIS PRESIDENTIAL 200-YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL FLUTE— THANK YOU @librarycongress ❤️ pic.twitter.com/VgXjpC49sO

— LIZZO (@lizzo) September 28, 2022

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I have no idea who Chrissy Metz is because I try my best not to consume corporate media slop, but, as an allegedly high-profile celebrity, she’s also jumped ship.

Via Parade (emphasis added):

Chrissy Metz rose to fame starring on the beloved NBC drama This Is Us, though she’s recently made headlines for her impressive weight loss. However, Metz has made it clear that she wants to be known for more than her body transformation.

“I know skinniness doesn’t equal happiness. I just want to be health-positive,” Metz, 44, told People in an interview published on Wednesday, August 13. “I never said I wanted to be the face of body-positivity. It’s not that I condone morbid obesity or heroin chic. I condone a healthy body.”…

While speaking to People, Metz insisted that she’s now “happier than ever.” However, she did open up about the struggles she faced as an actor early on in her career due to her weight.

These aren’t just anecdotes; ad industry analysts are predicting a wave of rollbacks on the #bodypositivity propaganda.

Via AdAge (emphasis added):

Every August, Cindy Gallop pages through the September issue of Vogue—long considered the fashion bible—and posts her reactions in real-time on X. In the past, the diversity, equity and inclusion advocate and industry consultant has used the hashtag #CarefullyCalibratedDiversity to reference brands’ overly obvious attempts to check the DEI box regarding size and ethnic diversity. But this year, she expects marketers to abandon even that façade.

Meanwhile… obese white liberal very upset about Sydney Sweeney ad

“The eugenics in that, it’s dripping with it. And I’m like ‘NO’!“

So what do these people think about Sydney Sweeney's ad?pic.twitter.com/qnAhSjucfD

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) August 4, 2025