In an article published today, Jan. 7, the Daily Mail is
calling attention to the latest body-deforming craze … the “bikini bridge”. Is
it any wonder that girls have body image issues? With the recent “fat-shaming”
of the stunning Alyssa Milano by Jay Mohr, who said of the 41-year-old actress,
“It seems like she had a baby and said, ‘I don’t really give a sh*t’ … I read
it on her gut… Somebody sat in the director’s chair and was not wearing Spanx
and I was like, ‘Jesus Christ.’”
It’s insane and stupid remarks, like the ones aimed at
Milano, that inspire “thinspiration” and extremely unhealthy fads such as the
“thigh gap” and now … the “bikini bridge”. For those unfamiliar with the “thigh
gap,” it’s the unrealistic goal of attempting to become thin enough so that you
upper things do not when you’re standing with your legs together. The “thigh
gap” insanity has become so popular that there are hundreds of “how-to”
articles, blogs, and Facebook pages dedicated to achieving … the impossible.
Now that the “thigh gap” is firmly implanted into the brains
of the most impressionable girls and women, we are introduced to the “bikini
bridge”. The “bikini bridge” is when bikini bottoms are suspended between the
two hipbones, causing a space between the bikini and the lower abdomen.
Oh, and it’s already popping up all over the Internet with
girls posting selfies of their “bikini bridge” and #bikinibridge beginning to
trend on Twitter. A twitter account, Bikini Bridge, is dedicated to this new
and incredibly unhealthy trend, posting a picture that read, “If you haven’t
got a bikini bridge by summer then don’t complain when all of the attractive
girls who do get all of the attention”. How about becoming obsessed with your
perfect, god given body? #LoveMyBodyJustTheWayItIs!
