Att vara snygg blir allt viktigare - men jakten på perfektion gör oss sjuka.

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Skönhet har alltid varit viktigt. Men i dagens hypervisuella värld tar utseendefixeringen allt större plats i våra liv. Varför bryr vi oss så mycket om hur vi ser ut? Hur mycket bättre blir livet om man är snygg? Och vad är vi beredda att offra för att komma närmare skönhetsidealen?

I två avsnitt utforskar P3 Dystopia skönhetsvärlden, som visar sig bära på många mörka hemligheter under den glamorösa ytan.

Producent och programledare: Anna Lillkung och Wendela Antepohl

Medverkande

• Jessica DeFino - Journalist som granskar skönhetsindustrin

• Ellen Atlanta - Författare till boken Pixel Flesh

• Caroline Hainer - Kulturjournalist 

• Emma Severinsson - Lektor i modevetenskap vid Lunds universitet

• Björn Hedensjö - Psykolog, författare och poddare

• Göran Arnqvist - Professor i zooekologi vid Uppsala universitet

Böcker

• Beauty Sick - Renee Engeln (2017)

• Pixel Flesh - Ellen Atlanta (2024)

Klipp

• Shallow Hal (2001)

• Skönheten och odjuret (1991)

• Ringaren i Notre Dame (1996)

• Uppdrag granskning - Äta, bältas eller dö (2022)

• Lena (2021)

• The Social Network (2010)

• Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview (2021)

Artiklar/källor i urval

• The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino 

• Fler 8–11-åringar använder sociala medier än de internetanvändare som är 76 år eller äldre - Svenskarna och internet (2021) 

• Social Media Dysmorphia and the Dangers of Hyper-Realistic Photo Retouching Software (2022)  

• My make-up's a must! One in three women won't leave the house without a full face on (2011)  

• Psychology of Beauty: An Overview of the Contemporary Research Lines (Social Psychology, Psihologia socială , 2011)

• Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication - Psychological Science (2020)

• Where do human beauty standards come from? - Discover Magazine (2023) 

• How beauty is making Scientists rethink evolution - The New York Times (2019) 

• Cosmetics as a Feature of the Extended Human Phenotype: Modulation of the Perception of Biologically Important Facial Signals (2011) 

• The Neurobiology and Evolutionary Foundations of the Perception of Beauty - The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences (2017)  

• Maxims or Myths of Beauty? A Meta-Analytic and Theoretical Review - Psychological Bulletin (2000) http://jonathanstray.com/papers/Langlois.pdf

• What Is Beautiful Is Good and More Accurately Understood: Physical Attractiveness and Accuracy in First Impressions of Personality - Psychological Science (2010) 

• Facial attractiveness: evolutionary based research (2011) 

• The Myth of Universal Beauty - BBC (2015) 

• Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries - Elsevier Evolution and Human Biology (2022) 

• Preferred Women’s Waist-to-Hip Ratio Variation over the Last 2,500 Years - PLoSOne (2015)

• Facial Attractiveness and Lifetime Earnings: Evidence from a Cohort Study (2015) 

• The beauty premium: The role of organizational sponsorship in the relationship between physical attractiveness and early career salaries (2019)

• The looks of a winner: Beauty and electoral success (2010) 

• Peer acceptance and social behavior during childhood and adolescence: How important are appearance, athleticism, and academic competence? (2009)  

• Culture Dictates the Standard of Beauty - Psychology Today (2014) 

• How White Supremacy and Capitalism Influence Beauty Standards - Teen Vogue (2020)

• Attractive People Get Unfair Advantages at Work. AI Can Help - HBR.org (2019)

• Explaining financial and prosocial biases in favor of attractive people: Interdisciplinary perspectives from economics, social psychology, and evolutionary psychology - Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science (2017) 

• Beauty in Mind: The Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Psychological Well-Being and Distress (2015) 

• “Everybody Knows That Mass Media Are/Are Not [pick one] a Cause of Eating Disorders”: A Critical Review of Evidence for a Causal Link Between Media, Negative Body Image, and Disordered Eating in Females (2009) 

•  The Obsession with Beauty and how it is linked to depression in teens  

•  Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Other Clinically Significant Body Image Concerns in Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients: Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics (2006) 

• Eating disorders among teens more severe than ever - NBC News (2023)

• Body image report - Executive Summary - Mental Health Foundation 

• The impact of the media on eating disorders in children and adolescents (2003) 

• Self-Harm Behaviour in Adolescents: Body Image and Self-Esteem (2017)

• “Selfie” harm: Effects on mood and body image in young women (2018) 

• The Age of Instagram Face - The New Yorker (2019)

• Altered Images: Understanding the Influence of Unrealistic Images and Beauty Aspirations (2016) 

• Mounting research documents the harmful effects of social media use on mental health, including body image and development of eating disorders - The Conversation (2023) 

• Instagram use and young women’s body image concerns and self-objectification: Testing mediational pathways (2017)

• Does the Internet function like magazines? An exploration of image-focused media, eating pathology, and body dissatisfaction - Eating Behaviors (2023) 

• The social media diet: A scoping review to investigate the association between social media, body image and eating disorders amongst young people (2023)

• Negative comparisons about one's appearance mediate the relationship between Facebook usage and body image concerns - Body Image (2015) 

• An Evolutionary Perspective on Appearance Enhancement Behavior (2019)

• Newborn infants prefer attractive faces - Infant Behavior and Development (1998) 

• Eating Disorders on the Rise - Yale Medicine (2021) 

• The Objectification of Women in the Media - Economics of Gender (blog) (2023) 

• Surgeon General Warns That Social Media May Harm Children and Adolescents - The New York Times (2023) 

• Millennieskiftets svältestetik tillbaka bland svenska influerare - Dagens Nyheter (2024) 

• Social Media, Thin-Ideal, Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis (2019)

• Statistically Skewed: How Social Media Shapes Unrealistic Beauty Standards - Profile Tree (2024)

• Hyper-realistic beauty filters are here to stay – MIT Technology Review (2023) 

• Is Body Positivity Actually Changing The Clothing Industry? – Forbes (2023) 

• Is body positivity slowly leaving the fashion world again? – The Next Cartel (2023) 

• Body positivity: Where are we at 10 years into the social media movement? – Stylist (2021) 

• The Sephora kids explosion: obsession with beauty routines is reaching younger audiences – El País (2024) 

• Hudläkaren: “Förstör inte barnens fina hud” - Svenska Dagbladet (2024)  

• Hudvårdsboom bland barn – kunder under 13 år som köper hudvård blir allt fler – SVT 

 

Musik

• Jon Brion - Cubes

• Cristobal Tapia De Veer - Pianissimo

• Michael Andrews - Peter and Sylvie

• Kid Loco - Theme from the Graffiti Artist

• Wojciech Golczewski - Setting up

• David Celeste - Cloudbursts

• Max Richard - Nocturne

• Cristobal Tapia De Veer - Pain Speedball

• Cliff Martinez - Placental Repair

• Ben Salisbury - Watching

• Paul Leonard Morgan - Running To The Loop

• The Benny Goodman Orchestra - Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)

• El Baul - Lobo Lobo

• Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend

• Martin D Fowler - 1 Ships XII

• Alberto Iglesias - Treasure

• Marcus Bagalà - Boxes: Autumnal Mopping

• Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger

• The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun

• Marcus Bagalà - Wires: Windchimes

• Britney Spears - Slave For You

• Cliff Martinez - I'm Sick

• Paul Leonard Morgan - Odd

• Cliff Martinez - The Birds Are Doing That

• Vince Pope - Who Are You?

• Podington Bear - Vibe Drive

• West Dylan Thordson - Kevin and Casey

• Cliff Martinez - Never Read Him

• Martin D Fowler - 1 Ships III

• Ochre - A Midsummer Nice Dream

• Jon Brion - You Learn

• Paul Leonard Morgan - Anderson's Theme

• Trentemøller - Miss You

• Marcus Bagalà - Untitledthingthing

• Jon Brion - Coincidences

• Max De Wardener - Snowflakes

• Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Hawkins

• Marcus Bagalà - Frets: Just Getting Started

• Cliff Martinez - Dream Reality

• Marcus Bagalà - Cascading Bells

• Marcus Bagalà - Boxes: Bittersweet Closure

• Helios - Even Today

• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Hand Covers Bruise (Reprise)

• Lana Del Rey - Pretty When You Cry