TikTok ‘Legging Legs’ Backlash Should Give Us Hope: Jessica Karl

“No, you’re doing it wrong. Your feet need to touch each other.”

That was what my friend told me in the high school bathroom. It was 2013, and we were staring at ourselves in the mirror, trying to discern whether we had it. It, being the tiny sliver of air between the legs that every insecure girl yearned for: a thigh gap. All around the world, millions of girls my age were engaged in a similar toxic exercise. They aspired to be a model-thin “It Girl,” just like Cara Delevingne.

By now, we all know what a poisonous trend ...