Young women are turning their backs on body positivity. It’s time we all stopped obsessing about how we look | Zoya Patel

By continuing to focus the conversation around our appearance, all the body positivity movement does is reinforce that how we look is the most important thing about us

There was a time when a woman reaching the age of 28 may have been considered to be approaching her middle years. That time was probably in the early 1900s, when the average life expectancy for women (in England) was around 50.

Surely in 2024 though, a 28-year-old is still considered young, right? Wrong! According to a recent social media trend and the feral comments it has produced, the only thing more depressing than being almost 30 is looking like you're almost 30.