Since the term “girl dinner” started circulating in May, it has become embedded in our online vocabularies. This term is persistent, potent and political, with some rallying for its place in feminist history. However, as body image researchers, we argue girl dinner is not emblematic of social progress. Rather, in many ways, girl dinner has exposed how only certain women, and certain ideas, are invited to the table. To recap five months’ worth of memes: Girl dinner is what women eat when they’re home alone. A scroll through the hashtag on TikTok reveals easy-to-make, often nutritionally dubious...