The death of the ‘bikini body’ is the best thing to happen to fitness in the past decade

Well & Good ^ | Dec 3, 2019 | Zoe Weiner

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In the days before you could order both groceries and magazine subscriptions online, it was damn near impossible to walk through a supermarket checkout line without seeing the term “bikini body” plastered on glossies at the newsstand. By today’s standards, strapping two pieces of material onto any body fits the bill, but a decade ago, the term was still reserved for only those with six-pack abs and not an inch of perceived bodily "imperfection" in sight.

The definition was so narrow, the ideal so unattainable, that when actress and runway model Kate Upton appeared in a bikini on her first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover in 2012, people straight-up called her fat. Fast forward five years to when she appeared on the magazine’s cover again in 2017—a year after Ashley Graham became the first curve model to cover the issue—and that same body was criticized for not being “diverse enough,” proving just how much our definition of the “bikini body” has changed for the better over the last 10 years

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Diana Riggs in the Avengers, All the unnamed ladies from Italy and Scandinavia in Hammer's horror movies seen on Shock theater and creature feature.
the cheesy italian scifi of the late 60's and 70's.
But we can't forget the sword and sandals classics.
In 1960 Tina Louise as Sapho of Lesbos in the "Warrior Empress".
Lesbos, Described in the movie as an island on an island free of men. Tina would learn to beware islands.

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I love this thread!

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You must be my age. You are talking about all my fantasies. I grew up watching the sword and sandal flicks with any number of well put together, pretty, no name starlets in diaphanous “Greek/Roman” gown, being rescued from peril by strapping Young men wearing pretty much nothing. The Hammer beauties with barely covered heaving breasts getting bit on the neck by Christopher Lee.Those were the days. Burnt into my psyche forever what a woman was supposed to look like.

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Too bad I don’t know how to post pictures on FR. I’d share some examples