beauty standards

TikTok's inverted filter: debunking symmetry as beauty standard

Paper

Kelly Burnet

07/11/2022

10 minutes to read

In this paper, discourse analysis is done on two TikTok entries to the inverted filter trend that became very popular in April 2021. By showing facial asymmetry as normal, Aubrey Ober gave a twist to the trend and recycled the trend's meaning.

Plastic surgery and the quest for the perfect selfie in South Korea

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

20/03/2018

15 minutes to read

Plastic surgeries changed the world. In this article, we are going to talk about the measures taken to make an ordinary picture on your Instagram account “on point” and what some are willing to do in order to score those 10.000+ likes.

Body culture, identity risks and NEDA week

Article

Meauraine van Gorp

eva veeneman

02/03/2018

4 minutes to read

What if what you see in the mirror is not how you want others to see you? Find it out in this article on body culture, identity risks and NEDA week.