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When beauty conformity creates both pressure and revulsion

My coworkers all get their eyebrows microbladed and lips filled and I feel frumpy but I also think they all look like the same person now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social beauty trends simultaneously attract and repel, creating ambivalent relationship with belonging.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Desirability and beauty standards across cultures?”

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