1y ago

Jon Stewart's prediction about changing beauty standards from 2004

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Rich people get Ozempic. Everyone else gets body positivity.
paraphrased from South Park
- Body positivity AND Lizzo*
I like Jon but this must have been a joke it's too ridiculous.
- The whole book is a joke.
- It's satire. Which is worse because satire either is true or has the potential to become true.
  
  You didn't notice it already happened?
  Look at Instagram beauty. The definition of a big bootie/phat ass has really changed in the past 20 years.
  Fat-shaming is a thing; had Stewart's book been published today, it'd be skewered on talk shows for this one joke being fat-shaming.
  We may not be there yet, but around the time All About That Bass came out, normalizing obesity started gaining mainstream support. Despite clear evidence that it shortens life expectancy and is considered a co-morbidity for any medical condition, American society is overriding the medical community in telling people "it's OK to be fat," and worse, calling any other messaging "fat shaming."
  It's already happened. You just didn't notice because the Kardashians distracted everyone.
  
  Reminder then trump being president was once a Simpsons joke.
In the future, you will want to "tap" this.
Riiiight, in the future. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
2015 is around the time the term thic went mainstream, and white women started focusing on growing their asses big for some reason.
- You are way off on that date. You can trace the change in attitude towards asses to the Jennifer Lopez panty photo. (Vogue IIRC)
  EDIT: It was Vanity Fair in 1998.
  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-j-los-ass-changed-the_b_586226
  
  Just wait until you learn what the term "Rubinesque" means, and that it dates back to the 1600s....
  ...but that wasn't really the topic, and I never said this trend hadn't happened before.
  
  I think this argument should stop - it's hammer time! :)
  Edit: I would explain my stupid reference - I'm an MC Hammer fan, and I cannot lie...
  Edit: I could swear MC Hammer at least covered the song once, but I guess I just mixed up the artists.
  
  Jennifer Lopez isn't a white woman.
  
  I mean, anyone with good taste has preferred women with a booty since way before the late 90s
Kinda crazy how beauty standards are promoted. Like that beauty pageant in Virginia.
What year did Victoria's Secret start featuring large women?
- Tried googling it and it looks like 2019.
  
  Off by 4 years isn't bad for a future prediction.
O-Oh-Oh It's Lizzo!

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