The web is a sea of hot people. Conventionally attractive influencers monopolise social media via algorithmic bias toward young, symmetrical faces; we’re served constant behind-the-scenes content of lovely celebrities; and porn and AI favour the de-facto toned, young hot person. Even those near us are rendered preternaturally flawless via filters, Facetune, and the artful mastering of lighting and angles.
It’s been well established that the digital ubiquity of “unrealistic beauty standards” is whittling away at our self-esteem and mental health. What has been unpacked less exhaustively, nonetheless, is the impact it’s having on our dating lives. Online, men are calling Sydney Sweeney and Margot Robbie “mid”, rating the latter a seven out of ten on the universal scale of hotness, and...
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