SkinnyTok & The Misdirected Desire for Control
Wellness vs PubMed, Vol 4: How the current political climate of confusion connects to the internet's renewed desire for body control.
It is spring time, and as always, there is a yearly push to remember that Summer is only 4 months or 100 days or 67 days away! This trend has been a yearly occurrence that I can remember happening even on the non- Pro-Ana (ie, Anorexia) side of Tumblr, to Pinterest, to TikTok in the last few years. This year has emerged under the label of #SkinnyTok, wi…