Ellen Atlanta, the author of Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women, explains how the digital age has amplified pressure on women, girls, and marginalized genders to meet increasingly unnatural beauty standards. We discuss the cultural phenomenon of the Kardashians, the Love Island aesthetic, whether the body-acceptance movement has stalled, and more. Plus, Ellen, Jess, and Jenn discuss what we can do to help girls and young women navigate beauty culture safely so they feel healthy, respected, and confident as they grow up.
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Ellen Atlanta
Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women - by Ellen Atlanta
Founding Editor - Dazed Beauty
UN Women UK
Chanel Ombre Essentielle Multi-Use Longwearing Eyeshadow in Jade Facette
Lorry Hill
‘Not ugly, just poor’: how the beauty industry is widening the class divide
Love Island UK
Beauty Sick: How The Cultural Obsession With Appearance Hurts Girls And Women - by Dr. Renee Engeln
YVES SAINT LAURENT | Touché Éclat All-Over Brightening Concealer Pen
BENEFIT COSMETICS | Boi-Ing Industrial Strength Concealer
Tim Walker - photographer
His Dark Materials Trilogy: The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass
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