Thinness as a political battleground: Ariana Grande and the right’s body-morality shift

A Salon columnist argues that the online debate over Ariana Grande’s apparent thinness has become a flashpoint in a broader political campaign to police women’s bodies, as right-wing influencers push a frail femininity as the ideal and media props recruit followers; the piece also notes pushback from figures like Jameela Jamil and links the trend to risks for eating disorders and to a culture war around women’s health and autonomy.