Based in Brazil, Fernanda Ferreira is a science writer who covers a range of STEM (and occasionally non-STEM) topics, from textile conservation to vaccine stockpiles.
With a title worthy of a Daily Mail article – “Fashion victim: rhabdomyolysis and bilateral peroneal and tibial neuropathies as a result of squatting in ‘skinny jeans’ ” – it’s unsurprising that this story of a 30-year old “fashion victim” should capture the attention of the world’s media outlets spawning a series of articles that highlight the purported dangers of skinny jeans. The causative link between skinny jeans and the woman’s condition, however, is tenuous at best.
