re: CNN: After years of progress on gender, the male gaze is back

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And when my husband and I got married earlier this year, our vision of what our life could be included wide-ranging possibilities, influenced in part by the movies and shows we grew up with

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I saw the evidence of progress in my media diet

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The movies, shows, books and advertisements I consumed were increasingly giving women a seat at the table

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The recent rise of weight loss medications coincided with social media influencers sharing ways to get smaller and no longer celebrating bodies of all sizes. Advertisements followed suit, making men’s desire once again a dominating factor in how stories are told, and how women are portrayed.

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If you are observing women in movies, TV, fashion, social media and marketing and they don’t feel as fully materialized as their male counterparts, that is the male gaze

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she lives in fantasy land. nothing has ever changed but media, people have and always will be, people.

These types of editorials are always constructed the same way:

1) Identify an ill-defined unquantifiable thing that is happening, back, etc

2) Make that "thing" synonymous with all manner of other ills you perceive in the world

3) Use anecdotal examples, not readily available broad statistics (which would actually prove your points) to make your case

4) Imply or flat out suggest that the cause of the thing, and those associated ills that are inextricably tied to it, is any or all of a) white, b) male, c) conservative, or d) Christian

5) Rinse, repeat

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but author is probably fat and ugly.

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She actually looks quite cute, which is funny because in the picture she's wearing lots of makeup, likely lash extensions, nice clothes, professionally colored hair, and hair extensions.

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1970's - somewhat chill

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Whaaaat?

Man, Sydney Sweeney has really thrown fat chicks for a loop.