The Internet Is More Image-Focused Than Ever
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It wasn’t that long ago that “body positivity” was all over the internet.
Oppressive beauty standards hadn’t gone away by any stretch, but many people on social media were pushing against limits on what an “ideal” body could look like.
Now, things have swung in the opposite direction, with the rapid uptake of GLP-1s and the resurgence of a skinny ideal, combined with a new frankness about plastic surgery.
The calls for “self-love” and “health at any size” can be harder to hear these days over the roar of looksmaxxers and influencers talking about weight loss and cosmetic procedures.
In this episode of How to Touch Grass , hosts Natalie Brennan and Julie Beck talk with Atlantic staff writer Sophie Gilbert, the author of Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves , about how the culture of the internet got even more image-focused and the role that social-media algorithms play in distorting what people consider “normal.” Learn more about your ad choices.
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