People Are Calling Out The “Beloved” 2000s Trends That Are Actually Weird, Confusing, Or Just Toxic

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“Fat-shaming. More specifically, shaming any woman who had the slightest bit of a tummy, whose ribs you couldn’t see, etc. All of us millennial women have body dysmorphia from coming of age during the oughts (not that it’s much better now).”

—Anonymous, 38, Oregon

“Body-shaming. It’s always been an issue in Hollywood, but the 2000s were on a whole different level. I remember being a size 6 in high school and feeling like I needed to lose weight because *gasp* I wasn’t a size 2, and I saw celebrities get shredded for being my size in the media. I’ve always been muscular with an hourglass figure, so even if I starved myself, I’d never have been a size 2. I’m a little curvier now as an adult (size 10), but still in shape, and I love my body. It hurts my heart when I look at photos of myself when I was younger, and I see a thin, beautiful girl who hated her body.”

—minibubble32237