How looking like a skeleton became the new beauty ideal
When the November 2025 Socionomist observed the growing trend of celebrities using GLP-1 drugs to lose dangerous amounts of weight, we saw the “race to the thinnish line” set to continue.
On May 11, Dazed magazine observed a new standard of skinny: “starvation chic”
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If we want to predict the next big trends, we should look inside a casket. One obvious place to start is the increasingly widespread use of GLP-1 medication and the return of the ultra-skinny body. While we are all still debating whether it is right, or helpful, to comment on women’s bodies, it is undeniably unsettling to see celebrities appear to waste away before our eyes.
To understand what’s feeding this malnourished movement, read our November 2025 issue of The Socionomist today.
