A lot has changed over the years in terms of the standardization of beauty and how we perceive women of different shapes and sizes. When you stop to think about it, there’s never really been one consistent body type or feature that has stood the test of time in terms of desirability; it’s a constant ebb and flow of pop culture iconography and shifting standards for what we find aesthetically enticing.
Which is why the following video is so awesome — and so important. It manages to cover every beauty trend and ideal body type of every era over the past 3,000 years. And wouldn’t you know that the full-bodied figure of Victorian England and the waifish, tiny shape made popular in part by grunge in the 1990s have both held their positions in the desirability department more than just once throughout history.
Women have gone to great lengths in the past to embody the cultural whims of beauty, whether it’s taking on bizarre exercise regimens like in the 1940s or altogether avoiding certain types of clothing for fear of shaming.
This video expertly examines the way that women are beautiful in all of their various shapes, no matter whatever beauty trend happens to be lording over the zeitgeist at any point in time. We’re all beautiful just the way we are!
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