Plus size is the new average! American women big and beautiful

For decades, American women were told—explicitly and implicitly—that beauty came in only one size: small. Anything outside that narrow frame was treated as a flaw to fix, hide, or apologize for. But the world has shifted. Social media, for all its chaos, has also given a microphone to the people long pushed to the margins. Women of every size, shape, and background have stepped into visibility, and that visibility has redefined the cultural average. Today, the typical American woman wears a size 16–18. That’s not a “specialty size.” That’s not an exception. That’s the center of the bell curve. And…

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