Everyone should live like Miss Piggy

Society imposes an array of restrictions on girls at an early age, many of them learned through media consumption. Pop stars like Nelly Furtado and Selena Gomez take flak from commenters for daring to gain weight, while performers such as Lizzo, Kelly Osbourne and Mindy Kaling are shamed for dropping it. Tradwife influencers advise young women to speak in pleasing tones and warn against intimidating the men in their lives. Whether the messaging is overt or implied, young women learn the expectation to dim their lights so others...