(This post is the sequel to this one, which disentangled some of the reasons why it's easy to think of thinness as in itself beautiful.) Delving into the details Take a moment, when you next see a ...

The “skinny” category serves users attracted to slender, thin bodies with minimal muscle mass and minimal body fat. A skinny body is characterized by leanness in its purest form: a visible skeletal ...

There are many things that make anorexia seductive, and many of them coalesce into the outlines of the underfed body. A recent reader’s question made me wonder: is there really beauty in thinness?