A generation of Instagram superstars and personal trainers are challenging old-fashioned the ideas of femininity, replacing images of thinness or fecundity with brute strength. Whether this is healthy is another matter

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Has strong become the respectable face of skinny for young woman?

A generation of Instagram superstars and personal trainers are challenging old-fashioned notions of femininity, replacing images of thinness or fecundity with brute strength. Whether this is healthy is another matter

Gaby Hinsliff

Wed 17 Jan 2018 01. 00 EST Last modified on Wed 17 Jan 2018 18. 18 EST

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email View more sharing options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Close Cult of muscle … young women increasingly aim for a’ rent’ physique. Photograph: Getty Images Gaby Hinsliff works a pair of dumbbells under Chloe Madeley’s instruction. Photograph: Fabio de Paola for the Guardian Massy Arias models her clothing line for US retailer Target. Photograph: Target Jen Selter is one of the Instagram influencers to have built her brand outside of the mainstream media. Photo: jenselter/ Instagram

Has Strong Become The Respectable Face Of Skinny For Young Women?
Has Strong Become The Respectable Face Of Skinny For Young Women?
Has Strong Become The Respectable Face Of Skinny For Young Women?
Has Strong Become The Respectable Face Of Skinny For Young Women?
Has Strong Become The Respectable Face Of Skinny For Young Women?

Has Strong Become The Respectable Face Of Skinny For Young Women?

Has Strong Become The Respectable Face Of Skinny For Young Women?