OPINION - Toxic 'beach body ready' discourse is coming back — but we can do so much better

It’s usually about this time of the year that fashion writers expose themselves as advocates of the body fascist ideals that still permeate. They start answering questions that no one asked — how old is too old to wear a bikini? Are shorts okay above a size 12? They might become aghast that in many brands that size 12 swimsuit is categorised as a L (large).