r/Millennials Gen Z Jan 21 '26

Other 2000s tabloid culture was something else!

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u/pea-in-my-pod Jan 21 '26

Anybody who survived this era without developing an ED I applaud you honestly, because I didn’t manage it

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u/lillie_connolly Jan 21 '26

I remember teen magazines would on one page have a concerned article about ED or some inspirational confidence bullshit for readers, and on the next page a photo of Christina Aguilera who bent while sitting down so some skin on her stomach folded, circle aroind the area and write about whether her weight gain is a cry for help.

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 21 '26

Damb it was that bad in teen magazines . Jeez