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4 Aug

How AI cat memes saved me from toxic gym

How AI cat memes saved me from toxic gym
As toxic ‘gym bro’ content on social media fuels a self-esteem crisis amongst young men, AI-generated cat memes helped change the way in which I take into consideration my body The Christmas before last a member of the family asked me to talk to their son. He’d turn into obsessive about going to the gym and getting a six pack. Why? Because that’s the way you get girls, he told me. He was 11. Sharing a room with him that 12 months, I saw first-hand how innocent Minecraft videos on YouTube auto-played straight into toxic fitness content...
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7 May

Toxic Beauty is the film showing how beauty products

Toxic Beauty is the film showing how beauty products
Director Phyllis Ellis and researcher Sarah Jay give us the lowdown on the documentary and the increasingly deadly, yet unregulated, issue “The doctor put in a needle all through the skin under my abdomen (and a) greenish liquid poured out of me into six one-litre bottles,” says Shaeda Farooqi. “What did I do mistaken?” voices one other woman. Each women are speaking about their experiences affected by symptoms of ovarian cancer – an epidemic that’s been increasingly linked to the usage of talc, an ingredient present in talcum powder (think Johnson & Johnson’s famous baby powder) and other beauty products.  These stories are two of many shared in a latest documentary called Toxic Beauty,...
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21 Jul

The Kardashians proceed to play the victims of toxic

The Kardashians proceed to play the victims of toxic
It’s just infuriating at this point When the trailer for the third season of The Kardashians got here out in April this yr, it teased us with footage that gave the look of the family was finally going to handle, and perhaps even try and reckon with, the impact that they've had on beauty ideals, body image and other people‘s self-esteem. “All of us just must have an even bigger conversation concerning the beauty standards that we're setting,” Kylie Jenner is shown to be saying to her sisters. Well, the episode in query was released yesterday and we now know this was all, if not a straight-up lie, then highly deceiving. It starts when...
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29 Apr

Are the Kardashians finally taking accountability for toxic beauty

Are the Kardashians finally taking accountability for toxic beauty
In a recent trailer for The Kardashians, Kylie Jenner says she wishes she had never ‘touched’ her face, and addresses the harmful and inconceivable beauty standards her family sets Last night, the trailer dropped for the newest season of The Kardashians, and there was a moment that – if authentic – could possibly be the beginning of some meaningful conversations around beauty standards, body image and the role that celebrities and influencers play in our self-esteem. The moment in query comes when Kylie Jenner is shown in a discussion together with her sisters. “All of us just must have an even bigger conversation concerning the beauty standards that we're setting,” she is shown telling...
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