Over two decades ago, in a passionate monologue dubbed Feed The Models, actress Jane Gennaro dreamed of lovingly placing lasagna into the gaunt hands of super models, stuck in a toxic cycle that demanded self-starvation at all costs. Gennaro’s commentary, tongue-in-cheek though it might have been, was a condemnation of the inhumane, ultra-thin standards that models in the ‘90s would regularly conform their bodies to fit. Apparently, not a whole lot has changed since then, as just a few months ago, The New York Post declared “heroin chic” is back—gleefully condemning the slight drift toward body positivity and embrace of healthy, human-shaped bodies that’s made its way into mainstream
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