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We reside in an age of polarization as identity continues to dominate modern-day politics. Nonetheless, such extremism will not be limited to politics, beauty trends too are divisive. Given the prolific rise of the Kardashian Klan and their $1billion beauty business, we have now, lately, witnessed the emergence of the ‘positive’ subcultures, a backlash against the sisters’ surgically-enhanced beauty. While the body positivity preached by these subcultures is a preferable alternative, it also seems somewhat unrealistic on condition that digital marketing experts estimate the common American is exposed to 4,000-10,000 advertisements each day. It is sort of unattainable to flee the sanitised images we're sold. And yet, nowadays the practice of self-love is a social expectation and the celebration of...

Fat Girl founder Clementine Prendergast examines the brand new cultural pressure of loving the skin you’re in We live in an age of polarization as identity continues to dominate modern-day politics. Nonetheless, such extremism is just not limited to politics, beauty trends too are divisive. Given the prolific rise of the Kardashian Klan and their $1billion beauty business, we have now, in recent times, witnessed the emergence of the ‘positive’ subcultures, a backlash against the sisters’ surgically-enhanced beauty. While the body positivity preached by these subcultures is a preferable alternative, it also seems somewhat unrealistic on condition that digital marketing experts estimate the common American is exposed to 4,000-10,000 advertisements each day. It...