We all know the dangers of invisible Photoshop. When all you see are perfectly edited images and never what anyone looks like in real life, it completely distorts your perception. And while this affects our entire culture, in this episode I pose that Photoshop was especially damaging for the 90s kids because we were conditioned to it without even knowing it existed. Let’s talk more about that.
In this episode:
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A dive into Photoshop culture and how it shaped the beauty standards we’re still trapped in today
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The way unrealistic standards directly influence how we feel about our bodies
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How Photoshop and the apps it inspired directly contribute to the fake world of social media
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What’s been expansive for me in terms of learning to love (or at least accept) my body today
Body positive/self-love/body acceptance accounts I follow: