y2k fashion and the trendiness of flat stomachs

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by Jessica Blair

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10.01.2025



let’s discuss the intersections of fatness, y2k fashion, and the fatphobia that made this era + these trends so infamous!

Sabrina Strings’ book: https://nyupress.org/9781479886753/fearing-the-black-body/

time stamps!

0:00 — intro
0:15 — y2k fashion and trends
0:34 — a brief history of beauty standards and fashion throughout history
2:37 — the racist origins of fatphobia
3:41 — heroin chic and the opioid epidemic
5:21 — 2000s beauty standards
5:54 — Black culture’s influence on y2k fashion
6:37 — fatphobia in the 2000s and the idealization of thinness
7:53 — lack of accessible plus size clothing in the 2000s and now
8:28 — thin people wearing y2k fashion trends vs fat people wearing the same trends
8:48 — fatphobic beauty standards and bodyshaming
10:08 — plus size celebs in the early 2000s
10:34 — fashion centers thin people
11:01 — high fashion and Karl Lagerfeld’s fatphobia
11:40 — thin people as “curve” models
12:12 — being critical of fashion trends/outro

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✩ s o u r c e s ✩

-https://www.digmaglb.com/blog/category/the-fatphobic-ghosts-of-fashions-past-and-present
-https://www.34st.com/article/2021/03/y2k-2000s-fashion-black-culture-destinys-child-juicy-couture-missy-elliot
-https://twitter.com/raynefq/status/1283132756919083008
-https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1930-1939/
-https://bit.ly/3BJwxRR
-https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/beauty-standards-throughout-the-decades-the-1950s
-https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fat-shaming-race-weight-body-image-cbsn-originals/
-https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/media-calling-celebs-fat-tiktok

hope ur all having a lovely day! ❣ #videoessay #videoanalysis #y2kfashion

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