Cue the Curves!
Ever the food-oriented society, traditional Chinese compliments of yore include gems like “ni pang le” (literally, “you’ve fattened up”), indicating you’ve been eating a lot, and that life’s been treating you pretty well.
Fast forward to 2022, and the above remark now pretty much implies you’ve been stuffing your face; addressing any (fe)male with these words is likely to inspire a crash diet. Or two.
On March 31, Vice Media released a short YouTube documentary titled , featuring three Chinese women who have grown up in an age where the need to be thin has been amplified across social media. “Skinny enough” challenges are a trend across Chinese platforms that encourage users to create content featuring their bodies conforming to prescribed
