Thigh Gap
- NewsYahoo Life UK
Ribcage bragging: The worrying new body trend currently sweeping social media
Move over thigh gap there's another scary social media trend in town.
- NewsErica Rae Chong
#MermaidThighs are the latest body trend and we are loving it
Move over thigh gap, #mermaidthighs are the latest trend in town (and we hope it never leaves). For those unfamiliar with the former, thigh gaps were a weird and worrying social measurement of skinniness. If you placed your feet together and your thighs didn’t touch, you were apparently deemed thin enough, which makes no sense since the gap was more a product of one’s bone structure as opposed to thigh fat.
- NewsHilary Hagerman
‘Good lighting and angles’: Model’s Instagram post makes a thought-provoking point about thigh gaps
Last month, Aerie model Iskra Lawrence posted a powerful Instagram photo calling out those who said she was fat.
- NewsSimone Olivero
Company launches ‘thigh gap’ jewelry - but it’s not what you think
When you first visit the website for TGap Jewellery, it looks like any other online retailer. “TGap Jewellery is a fictional company that sells jewelleries designed for thigh gaps. “The bone structure defines whether you can have a thigh gap: the shape of the pelvic girdle and distance between the hipbones.
- NewsYahoo Style
A Cosmetic Procedure for Taylor Swift’s Thigh Gap Is Being Promoted on E! News
Thinspiration posts featuring thin gams proliferated on social media sites, encouraging users to lose weight in order to reach an aspirational — and often unattainable — goal. So it’s shocking that while so many efforts have been made to curb the use of pro-ana verbiage and imagery, one of the most-watched entertainment shows on television is still pushing cosmetic procedures in order to get the look. On Wednesday night, E! News aired a piece called “How to Get That Sexy Thigh Gap Easily” explai
- NewsSimone Olivero
Watch: Couple parody Adele’s ‘Hello’ to express hilarious weight loss struggles
Losing weight is hard. Especially at this time of year when everywhere you turn there’s a cookie exchange or office potluck ready to derail your diet. One couple felt so strongly about their struggle that they decided to put it into song, and the result is just too good.