I see pictures like this reblogged with the emphasis on “skinny wasn’t always beautiful” quite often, but I think there’s an important point to this. Ignoring the fact that the “curves” are still on a slim person, the fact remains that people wanting to change their body shape to become fatter were still deliberately marketed to. If it were that easy to choose/become the “fatter” body type (stop excercising, eat more fatty foods [though there’s an argument that in those days it was harder to be fat]) then why would there be specifically marketed for weight gain items? (Also, I’m sure there were fat people through the ages, but that’s another point that I don’t know about/have an opinion to say about)



Thinness is an easy to market item for now, fatness was a marketable item then, either way doesn’t the fact that the market exists/existed show that it is not easy/feasible/possible to actually change your body type?



Idk, you can ignore this submission if you like, or make a post along similar lines if you think i’ve got a point but haven’t phrased it right. thanks x