BRYONY GORDON: Ozempic has turned toxic for so many women...but it's not why you think
Daily MailSometimes it's hard to be a woman. Just when you thought it was safe to burn your bra without anybody feeling the need to comment on the sagginess of your boobs, along comes a blockbuster weight-loss drug that seems to have given everyone permission to comment on women's bodies as if it was the year 2005. To be a woman in 2025 is to wonder if you haven't accidentally hopped into the DeLorean and time-travelled to the bad old days when diet culture ruled supreme and nobody thought twice about judging women entirely on how much Special K they'd consumed in a day. Selena Gomez at the recent SAG awards where she went on to receive an ensemble gong for her part in Only Murders In The Building Make no mistake; it isn't just the tyranny of thin that Ozempic has brought back, but the tyranny of living in a world where women's bodies – and it's always women's bodies – are seen as public property. At Guy Ritchie's pub in Fitzrovia, there's a year-long waiting list for one, while Conde Nast Traveller is advising people to queue for the roast at a new pub in London's Bethnal Green.
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