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  1. Nov 2016
    1. because feeling strong, healthy, and confident is for everyone.

      I would venture to guess that these magazines did this because Body Positivity is trending and they thought it would help them sell more products, rather than because they truly believe in the movement. These are still good things, but these magazines are definitely not pioneering this movement.

  2. Oct 2016
    1. simultane-ously be new, up-to-date, fashionable

      This is still a pretty common notion. If you buy something it will make you trendier, which will make you happier, which will make your life better. That isn't usually how it actually happens, but marketers continue to use this tactic, so it must be working.

    2. nd images of a purifi ed aesthetic free from any taint of the mass market.

      This is pretty ironic. The mass market is producing something that is proclaiming to be free from the mass market. However, this is something that has definitely stuck around. The first thing that comes to mind is heavily processed food that has packaging claiming it is "farm fresh."