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The fluffy 1980s teen fiction series updates itself -- by making its heroines even skinnier.
  • LetterWriter is correct about size inflation.

    Kind of lame that the publisher is boasting about such a thing, but it is true that clothing companies are making clothes bigger while keeping the size numbers low. I've heard Marylin Monroe wore a size 14. I believe that's what would be about an 8 or 9 now.