• Postpartum Bounce-Back Culture

    Thinness and bounce-back culture is a trend that has unfortunately reawakened. While I’m certainly aware that despite the huge body positive/neutral movement did not entirely squash the thinness-is-ideal mindset that so many have, I would have thought that there would be more acceptance in the postpartum world. Alas, I was too hopeful. The influencer trend of either subtly or not-so-subtly showing off their thin postpartum body is reminiscent of the early 2000’s magazine covers with celebrities showing off their postpartum body usually with headlines reading, “How I lost the baby weight!” I can’t scroll for a second without being fed…