body culture
ZoeBot: The Rachel Zoe Years and the Size Zero Takeover
The rise of boho chic, the Zoe Bots, and hyper-skinny panic.
body culture
Prince
Prince, Marilyn Manson, and the Rib Removal Rumour
It's one of the most notorious celebrity rumours of our time. Where did it come from? And is it possible? (No.)
Do You Remember
Single Female Lawyer: Ally McBeal, Body Wars, and the Death of Feminism
It was one of the most talked-about shows of the late '90s. Did it set women back an era? No, but wow, the discourse was a lot.
oprah
Do You Remember: Oprah’s Wagon of Fat
A red wagon, Calvin Klein jeans, and a decades long battle of body-shaming that defined a legend’s career.
Tyra Banks
Do You Remember: “Kiss My Fat Ass” – Tyra Banks and The Swimsuit Drama
2000s fatphobia was a new level of nightmare fuel.
Surgeries
Do You Remember: When Carnie Wilson Live-Streamed Her Gastric Bypass Surgery
‘90s fatphobia was really something else.
royal stuff
This Week in Gossip #17
Cyrus family drama, culture war nonsense, and the scourge of Ozempic.