In this episode Georgie and Engrid branch off their original episode on Putting Other People On Pedestals - and deep dive into the role social media and influencers have on consumers' perception of reality, desire to live an unattainable lifestyle, and ever-changing beauty standards.

Trigger Warning: for anyone struggling with disordered eating, an eating disorder, or body dysmorphia there are two mentions of numbers/measurements in this episode.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

• Georgie shares more of the reality of influencer life, namely the pressure to document
• How social media/influencers contribute to this desire to achieve an unattainable lifestyle
• Engrid shares about how she feels when she's trying to curate herself
• She also dives into what happens on a macro scale when we are chronically exposed to "over-curation"
• We can be subconsciously influenced to emulate what we see on social media, and thus begin to live a life that isn't really ours
• How social media impacts the beauty standard
• "Beauty privilege" & "Pretty Privilege"
• It's troubling that we live in a world where our body size and appearance have to mean so much
• How mainstream brands like Victoria Secret, Brandy Melville, Barbie, the Miss America Pageant and the Kardashians have contributed to beauty standards
• Sources for folks interested in learning more about the history behind the hierarchy of bodies
• On one hand you want to do what you need to, to survive [in this system] and on the other hand you want to dismantle the system that are hurting so many people

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RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
• Christy Harrison - Anti Diet Culture

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ADDITIONAL EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY:

Putting Other People On Pedestals

Perfectionism & Self Sabotage

Jealousy

Resentment

Letting Go

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ENGRID

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GEORGIE

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WORK CITED

• Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time
• International Open Access Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/missamerica-breaking-color-line/
• The Unrealistic Toxic Beauty Standard is Deadly - Ibrahim Kamit
• A Kardashian fan spent over ½ million dollars to look just like Kim. She even had ribs removed to achieve her goal measurements