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Nicky Reardon

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Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

Like, this is a naughty new thing. I think what's fascinating is we have seen it recently make its way into one very women-dominated spaces. Like, this internet, this, like, wellness section of the internet is so, I think, very female-dominated. You know, when you think of, like, again, like these pink Pilates girls and the clean girl and all that type of thing.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

Like, this is a naughty new thing. I think what's fascinating is we have seen it recently make its way into one very women-dominated spaces. Like, this internet, this, like, wellness section of the internet is so, I think, very female-dominated. You know, when you think of, like, again, like these pink Pilates girls and the clean girl and all that type of thing.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

And they found a way to do that not through sports but through these, like, group-based fitness activities I think is really what has boomed in the past like five years. And again, then it always has to change so that they can make you buy it all over again, right? Like the Pink Pilates girl will not be a thing in three years and it'll be something else.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

And they found a way to do that not through sports but through these, like, group-based fitness activities I think is really what has boomed in the past like five years. And again, then it always has to change so that they can make you buy it all over again, right? Like the Pink Pilates girl will not be a thing in three years and it'll be something else.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

Or, you know, I remember when everybody in like 2016 YouTuber era, when they were all moving to LA, it was like all doing SoulCycle. You know what I mean? Like there's always like a new thing that they do to convince you that, you know, this is some new thing you need to buy into to fix this problem that we have convinced you you have when you're just a normal girl.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

Or, you know, I remember when everybody in like 2016 YouTuber era, when they were all moving to LA, it was like all doing SoulCycle. You know what I mean? Like there's always like a new thing that they do to convince you that, you know, this is some new thing you need to buy into to fix this problem that we have convinced you you have when you're just a normal girl.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

Also, I think it's very important to acknowledge, like, when you think about a lot of these creators, even when I just, like, went on, like, hashtag skinny talk, hashtag pink Pilates girl and researching for this video, why is that girl always skinny and white? You know what I mean? Like, it is pretty much all of the time.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

Also, I think it's very important to acknowledge, like, when you think about a lot of these creators, even when I just, like, went on, like, hashtag skinny talk, hashtag pink Pilates girl and researching for this video, why is that girl always skinny and white? You know what I mean? Like, it is pretty much all of the time.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

And it's interesting that, like, it's not this, like, direct line of whiteness, but almost, like, selling you on this idea of, like, the idea of beauty is being as close to this

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

And it's interesting that, like, it's not this, like, direct line of whiteness, but almost, like, selling you on this idea of, like, the idea of beauty is being as close to this

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

specific thin white girl as possible um or that this idea of like the way you should look is this person and oh my god they'll have to be all happen to be these skinny white girls like i don't know what it is exactly feel free to leave comments about like your theories about exactly as to why this is and why it has been marketed this way all the time both in terms of people participating in it but also the brands who like do this is so fascinating to me

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

specific thin white girl as possible um or that this idea of like the way you should look is this person and oh my god they'll have to be all happen to be these skinny white girls like i don't know what it is exactly feel free to leave comments about like your theories about exactly as to why this is and why it has been marketed this way all the time both in terms of people participating in it but also the brands who like do this is so fascinating to me

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

Because there is for sure some element of racial identity baked into this in some way. Or also I think maybe it's, this is just me spinning theories. Again, this is an opinion episode. Pretty much being white is like the only ethnicity where you don't have a culture at all.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

Because there is for sure some element of racial identity baked into this in some way. Or also I think maybe it's, this is just me spinning theories. Again, this is an opinion episode. Pretty much being white is like the only ethnicity where you don't have a culture at all.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

So like a lot of times like they kind of manufacture these ritualistic experiences or, you know, eating a certain way or doing a certain challenge or like doing a certain thing because they don't have any sort of like

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

So like a lot of times like they kind of manufacture these ritualistic experiences or, you know, eating a certain way or doing a certain challenge or like doing a certain thing because they don't have any sort of like

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

cultural foundation that just is doing that for them already anyways do you know i'm saying like and again i don't really know i could be wrong these are just my theories another thing that i have really found fascinating when thinking about this is like why is gen z so motivated by hotness and why do we need a stupid fucking saying or slogan to convince us to do something that is good for us it's winter arc and summer glow up challenge and beach body burn then 75 hard like

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

cultural foundation that just is doing that for them already anyways do you know i'm saying like and again i don't really know i could be wrong these are just my theories another thing that i have really found fascinating when thinking about this is like why is gen z so motivated by hotness and why do we need a stupid fucking saying or slogan to convince us to do something that is good for us it's winter arc and summer glow up challenge and beach body burn then 75 hard like

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

What the fuck are you saying? What are you saying? You're just coming in with a new name for working out? Duh, duh. And wow, working out and eating right is good for you? This is not groundbreaking science, right? But being hot and selling this idea of new hotness is so monetizable. And it's fascinating.

Nicky at Night
The Death of Body Positivity & the Twisted Marketing of "Skinny"

What the fuck are you saying? What are you saying? You're just coming in with a new name for working out? Duh, duh. And wow, working out and eating right is good for you? This is not groundbreaking science, right? But being hot and selling this idea of new hotness is so monetizable. And it's fascinating.