Now you can micro-dose your way to losing weight. Wait… What?
Something borrowed. Something blue. Something… injected into you?
Manufacturers of weight-loss shots have a new target: people who aren’t overweight, i.e. the bride-to-be who just wants to “drop a handful of pounds before” the big event.
This demo can “micro-dose” a version of the drug, one that doesn’t require those pesky FDA regulations ensuring safety and qualifications. From independent media Mother Jones, Jan.1:
Monster of 2025: GLP-1 Ads
For a brief moment, companies found it profitable to showcase physical diversity and promote the idea of loving your body just the way it is. Not so anymore. The resounding message—on social media, on TV, in the goddamn subways—is that thin is back in. And companies are doing what they’ve always done best: exploiting our insecurities to cash out.
In fact, our November 2025 Socionomist cover story “The Return of Ultra-Skinny Beauty: Does Social Mood Have Body Issues?” explored the great thin-down movement that’s re-shaping modern beauty standards and celebrity bodies, like the waifish star of “Wicked” Ariana Grande, a.k.a. Glinda the Good Witch.
Read the full cover story “Does Social Mood Have Body Issues?” from the November 2025 Socionomist today, and gain a new understanding into the root cause of this pervasive issue.
