The Internet threatened her with cutting a rib when Kim Kardashian West wore a custom Mr. Pearl corset under her 2019 Met Gala Thierry Mugler silicone gown. Her anatomically confounding and cinched waist was supposed to be hyperbolic, but it was still perplexing for the millions of girls who looked at Kardashian West as a source of inspiration. Body positivity, at the same time, is part of a cultural zeitgeist that directs a woman to take up space. Doing so helps her to stand, keep …
