Legging Legs Trend: Combatting the Latest Toxic TikTok Body Craze
Enough with these f**king TikTok trends. Let's talk about the legging legs craze.
Another day, another toxic TikTok trend. This time it’s the troubling “legging legs” craze promoting the extremely harmful notion that thinner bodies equal better health and wellness. Have we learned nothing from 2013’s Tumblr thigh gap phenomenon? Our bodies deserve far more respect.
Destructive fads like this only exacerbate disordered eating, poor body image, anxiety, and unhealthy relationships with food and exercise—especially among impressionable young people.
So how do we protect ourselves when the next dangerous viral trend inevitably emerges?
Recognize These Trends Feed Impossible Beauty Ideals
The first step is acknowledging these trends for what they are—tactics that feed an unachievable, dangerous beauty standard saying our bodies require manipulation to be socially acceptable. Our worth isn’t defined by appearance.
Actively Curate Your Social Media Feeds
Start consciously curating your feed with body-positive accounts celebrating inclusivity and rejecting diet culture’s old tricks dressed up in new virality. Surround yourself with messages and voices that promote true self-care.
Unfollow or Block Triggers
When the next concerning trend leaves you feeling less-than, stop, unfollow or block without hesitation. Redirect instead to uplifting accounts inspiring you to reconnect to your own inner wisdom about what makes you feel healthy and empowered.
Uphold Body Neutrality Principles
Body neutrality means no moral judgment or assumption of health should ever be made based on someone’s body or appearance. We all deserve respect and the right to take up space, regardless of size or ability.
The bottom line? We must continually recondition ourselves to reject messaging that says certain bodies hold more value. Don’t believe the hype, your worth was never up for debate.
About the Author
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