Sk*nny Culture Is BACK And More TOXIC Than Ever (this is seriously scary stuff…)
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Hey everyone I’m Abbey Sharp welcome to Abbey’s Kitchen. Today, we're tackling a controversial TikTok trend —the resurgence of pro-ED content and "sk*nny hacks." I'm going to be discussing how this content can negatively impact our relationship with food and body image, and why we need to be extremely cautious about what we consume.
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So glad I deleted social media years ago so u will no longer have bear witness to these trends
honestly that’s a good shout, protect your peace 💖
u are literally on social media right now
Me too! It was truly a blessing ❤ I have so much more peace, and calm in my life now.🥂💃
I forgot to join anything beyond YouTube?! 🙃
At least I’m trying to lose weight in a healthy way. Those TikToks are scary af
good for you TikTok is a scary place
I was online shopping for jeans this morning. I was shocked to see the models they were using on H&M. Where a couple of years ago they looked normal sizes they certainly didn’t today. Even the size jeans they gave the models to wear were obviously too large on them,. They were sagging left and right, there was no shape to the bodies. No buts, thighs or legs to shape the denim. I gave up.
Yep, I noticed that getting worse too. I feel like the models (males and esp females) on more mainstream fashion sites like H&M and Zara mostly look very unhealthyly skinny. Not very cool, I wish they would show different bodytypes, smaller people, people with wider hips and more muscular women that are actually a good example for young women, I mean it’s just as important to show rather lighter women as heavier women, but definetely no need to show these heroin chic, super tall and long legged models, which do not represent any majority🥲
Abbey I’m so glad you made this video. I opened up TikTok and on my fyp it was a girl who wrote“ I just watched the Victoria’s Secret fashion show” and she had a bowl of ICE as her meal. The caption said low key my motivation.
When you’re dieting and you’re confronted with an evil self-hating voice…seriously question your dieting because Anorexia comes with an evil self-loathing voice.
This is truly horrendous and terrifying. I slowly started deleting most social media since 2020, excluding Pinterest and YT. I STRUGGLED with an ED from middle school to about 22 years old. I looked starved and sickly but when I looked in the mirror, I thought I looked severely overweight. I gained about 35lbs when I was pregnant with my daughter a little over a year ago and more following her birth due to stress from a year long medical issue she went through. I’m currently 26, one month away from turning 27. Yeah, I’m overweight but I am actively working on taking care of my body for myself and my daughter, a healthy way finally, something I am certainly proud for. After I had given birth, I so desperately wanted to revert back to my ED way of losing weight but I knew it would harm me in the long run. I don’t know how this new skinny culture is even allowed on social media giving the rise in mental health and weight struggles, especially in the younger generations. I’m scared to see what skinny trend will be around when my daughter is a teen. Thank you Abbey for addressing this issue, we need more people like you who promote healthy lifestyles and healthy weight loss!
I remember being plus sized living through the 90’skinny culture. I appreciate being older, and having voices of reason to refer to, like Abbey. I am going to pay more attention to how my nieces are talking about their bodies so I can be a supportive adult figure in their life. It is crazy that all of this is trending just months after Ilona Maher was the cover model for Sports Illustrated.
I’ve lost a lot of weight in the past 10 months, and I have an overweight friend who wants to do the same so she’s always asking me for tips and advice. I am always so anxious about tip-toeing that pro-ed line when I give advice because my weight loss has all been diet based, AND I was super anorexic in the 00s, so I’m VERY careful. Plus I always tell her “this is what worked for me, but you should check with your doctor.” I hope shes not watching this kind of stuff. ((FWIW I am also under the supervision of a doctor and I’m doing great. My blood work always comes back excellent. 😊))
I was on Twitter recently after a really long absence. I accidentally clicked the communities thing and the very first thing that popped up was an pro-ED group for 12-19 yr olds. Reported it, it doesn’t go against Twitter’s terms.
twitter is a dumpster fire, and people that use it know it.
oh my gosh im so sorry you have to see that
Liv created a new account right after, they aren’t stopping the issue
I grew up in a family that EVERYONE was dieting, doing bullshit diets like only powder soups, or eating only salad leaves for dinner and that had a huge impact on me and the way i perceived eating for the next 30 years of my life. These are insanely unhealthy habbits to be promoting online to impressionable young people or older people that are struggling with EDs. We are putting our health on the line just to have visible abs or skinny legs. Being skinny and not eating foods like tomatoes, potatoes, or carbs is by no means healthy, and can permanetly create serious health issues. We really need to wake up as a society and stop idolizing every idiot that is given a platform online.
You and some other dieticians have helped me heal. I know that counts for many of your followers. And on top of that, you manage to influence the SYSTEM. I admire that so much. Thank you ❤🎉
I’m writing my law school thesis on the effect of tik tok on kids, especially family channel who are exploiting kids. It’s so disheartening to read actual research studies about TikTok. Thanks for this video
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. We don’t learn here. This is very dangerous content. My sister struggled with eating for years due to all this crap. Thanks for your video.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be skinny, or feeling confident by being skinny. Good God 🙄
No
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I have been suffering from anorexia for 28 yrs (since I was 14), have spent a combined of 5 yrs in hospitals bc I have been close to death SO many times. My body doesn’t function probably and I’m unable to work so please to anyone reading this: YOU ARE PERFECT THE WAY YOU ARE AND YOU DON’T NEED TO LOOSE WEIGHT. IT WON’T MAKE U HAPPY!
I hope this video gets onto as many recommendation pages as it possibly can. It is so devastating to see the ED propaganda being promoted by the algorithm. It happens so naturally it’s impossible to recognize that you’re in this wormhole. And the worst thing, you only realize how bad it is when you’re already in too deep. So thank you for calling out this bs and hopefully your video would help someone become more aware of what’s being pushed onto them by these creators
It’s weird being old enough to remember how prevalent it was on Tumblr etc and to now see all the skinny culture come surging back…. it is lowkey devastating. This time feels so much more intense too- all this anti-aging rhetoric x real-deal weight loss drugs + Botox, fillers, etc.. it’s just a whole new level of exhausting and unrealistic standards – hoping the next generation can re-unlearn it all
Thanks for this video! I struggled with ED for years and when I stopped frantically trying to be unrealistically thin, I yo-yo’ed frequently…it was hard trying to eat “normally”. I had gotten to a size that was not comfortable for me and I was not able to do the physical things I liked to do. In the past year I lost twenty pounds and I am not even close to the weight I was at my worst in my ED. I don’t want to ever get that low again and I feel so good at the weight I’m at today! Not all weight loss means ED. But I know for me, having had that issue being at a healthy weight and maintaining it without going to extremes has been quite the journey. Abby, your videos have helped me tremendously with learning how to find a healthy balance! 😃