#body-image — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #body-image, aggregated by home.social.
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‘I don’t always go full banana!’ From the yellow man to a playful shrink, stylish people on what they wear every day – and why
By Ellie Violet BramleyHow does a rabbi choose her shoes? Why does a psychoanalyst like slogan tees? And why does a doctor avoid wearing scrubs at work? Seven striking dressers share their surprising style stories
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/aug/16/stylish-people-what-clothes-wear-every-day-why
#Fashion #Lifeandstyle #Mensfashion #Vintagefashion #Bodyimage #Healthwellbeing #TheGuardian #EllieVioletBramley
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‘You’re a 4 out of 10’: the troubling rise of AI appearance ratings
#AI #Youth #Tech #BodyImage #MentalHealth #Looksmaxxing #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety #EatingDisorders #DigitalHealth #BodyDysmorphia #MuscleDysmorphia
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💃 With the current discussion happening on celebrity body image, we are pointing out hashtag#ExpertSpotlight towards #AdelaideUni's Dr Sophie Dahlenburg-Grzeczkowski
🧑🤝🧑Sophie's research has a focus on body image/eating disorders and the intersection of sexual and gender minorities.
✨ More info here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?name=sophie-dahlenburg&a=891259
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How online doom scroll of 'toxic fitspo content' led to eating disorder
By Isabella RossAn avalanche of "toxic fitspo content" online was the catalyst for Isabella Charon's eating disorder, but what kickstarted it had been her time within the modelling industry.
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💙 Self-Esteem, Confidence & Body Image Awareness | School Presentation | Classes 6–12 – Help students build confidence, develop a positive self-image and overcome unhealthy comparisons. Free PDF for Teachers & Schools. 👉 https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/self-esteem-confidence-body-image-awareness-pdf-presentation-for-school-teachers-and-students-in-class-6-to-12-pdf/288953910 #SelfEsteem #ConfidenceBuilding #BodyImage #StudentWellbeing #MentalHealth #Teachers #SchoolEducation #LifeSkills #Class6to12 #IndiaTutor
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The one change that worked: I learned to love my arms – after decades of hating and hiding them
By Amy AnnetteIt took a heatwave to get me to shed my shame and my sleeves, but now there’s no stopping me. Life is cooler in every way
#Lifeandstyle #Bodyimage #Health #Healthwellbeing #Society #Fashion #TheGuardian #AmyAnnette
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The brief life and sudden death of Zyzz: why did the bodybuilding influencer die at just 22?
By Jenny ValentishLong before looksmaxxers, Aziz ‘Zyzz’ Shavershian was famous online for posting workouts and rage-bait – until he died in Thailand in 2011. A new documentary reveals what really happened
#Australianfilm #Film #Documentaryfilms #Culture #Bodyimage #Healthwellbeing #TheGuardian #JennyValentish
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DATE: July 31, 2026 at 06:00PM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Income inequality heightens status anxiety and self-objectification across genders
Greater income inequality and worries about social standing may encourage both women and men to base more of their personal worth on appearance, according to two experiments published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Self-objectification refers to viewing and evaluating oneself primarily through physical appearance, almost as if observing one’s body from another person’s perspective. Previous research has linked this with body shame, appearance anxiety, depression and eating disorders.
Traditional explanations have focused largely on women being routinely judged according to their attractiveness in societies characterized by unequal gender relations. However, self-objectification is also increasingly recognized among men. The researchers proposed that wider economic conditions might provide another explanation: when differences between rich and poor become highly visible, people may become more concerned about social rank and use their appearance to demonstrate value or success.
Led by Khandis Blake of the University of Melbourne, the researchers conducted two online experiments involving a combined final sample of 1,458 people. Participants entered a fictional society called Bimboola and were shown how income was distributed among its residents. Everyone was placed in the middle-income group, but the difference between Bimboola’s richest and poorest residents varied between participants.
In the first experiment, the final sample included 468 university students (339 females, average age of 20.86 years). After viewing one of 10 different income distributions, participants selected a house, car, phone and holiday consistent with their assigned income. They then answered questions about their concerns regarding appearance, wealth, education, career, parenting and life achievements, as well as how strongly they were currently judging themselves through appearance.
Participants exposed to greater inequality reported more self-objectification. Inequality also increased anxiety about material wealth, career success, education and life achievements. Notably, however, inequality did not increase anxiety about appearance itself, suggesting that people in unequal environments self-objectify not because they are worried about how they look, but because they are worried about their socioeconomic standing. Concerns about material wealth, career success, education and life achievements each partly explained the association between inequality and self-objectification. However, because this was a statistical explanation rather than direct proof of the underlying process, the researchers conducted a second experiment.
The second experiment included 990 participants (581 females, average age of 24.84 years). In addition to experiencing different levels of inequality, participants imagined either achieving career success, becoming successful through their appearance on social media, or experiencing neither form of success.
Income inequality again increased self-objectification, but the type of success participants experienced had a considerably larger effect. Career success reduced self-objectification relative to the control condition. By contrast, appearance success increased it substantially, even though participants became more confident about their attractiveness. Interestingly, manipulating status concerns did not weaken the effect of inequality itself, suggesting that inequality and status concerns may operate as independent routes to self-objectification rather than one working strictly through the other.
Appearance success also made participants feel more successful in unrelated areas, reducing concerns about wealth and overall life achievements. This may help explain why appearance-based status seeking remains appealing: looking successful can create a wider sense of social standing. However, it also increased anxiety about education and parenting. Career success reduced concerns across more areas, including wealth, education and life achievements—although it, too, increased anxiety about parenting—making it the more broadly beneficial status pathway overall.
The findings were strikingly similar for men and women. As the researchers concluded, “Recognising that status concerns fuel and sustain self-objectification for both men and women helps explain its persistence despite weakening patriarchal norms.”
Several caveats remain. For example, Bimboola was fictional, and short-term reactions to an imagined economy may differ from living with inequality over many years.
The study, “Income inequality and status concerns in multiple life domains increase self-objectification for both women and men,” was authored by Khandis Blake, Marta Kowal, Brock Bastian, Jacob Kuek, Auguste Harrington, Sylvia Harmon-Jones and Robert C. Brooks.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #IncomeInequality #SelfObjectification #StatusAnxiety #AppearanceAndWealth #GenderEquality #SocialComparison #EconomicDisparities #CareerSuccessVsAppearance #BodyImage #MentalHealthResearch
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Self-Esteem, Confidence & Body Image Awareness Educational Video for School Students in Classes 6–12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0DvCyrjL7U #SelfEsteem #Confidence #BodyImage #MentalHealth #LifeSkills #SchoolStudents #StudentWellbeing #PositiveThinking #EmotionalWellbeing #BullyingAwareness #AdolescentHealth #TeenMentalHealth #SchoolCounselling #ValueEducation #Classes6to12
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CW: Body image, fat shaming, autism, midlife, acceptance
Here's a warts and all honest blog I wrote recently on the struggles I've had throughout my life with body-image, shame, control, midlife, perimenopause and the beginnings of self-acceptance, and how undiagnosed autism played into it all.
https://goingdownwithsundial.com/self-image/
#asd #autism #actuallyautistic #bodyimage #fatshaming #midlife #perimenopause #menopause #selfacceptance #weighttraining #undiagnosedautism
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BBC: YouTube still recommending eating disorder videos to teens, research finds. “The Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) set up a simulated account for a 13-year-old girl viewing unsafe diet and body image content for the first time. It found one in 10 videos recommended by YouTube’s Up Next algorithm featured thinspiration, extreme calorie restriction or other harmful material, although […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/15/bbc-youtube-still-recommending-eating-disorder-videos-to-teens-research-finds/ -
Lizzo answers her critics: ‘I’m a fat, black, happy girl – they were always going to try to tear me down’ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/11/lizzo-interview-answers-critics-accusations-fat-black-happy-girl-tear-me-down #Lizzo #PopAndRock #Rb #Hiphop #Rap #Soul #Music #Culture #BodyImage #LifeAndStyle
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Book Review: Oddbody by Rose Keating
Rose Keating’s debut short story collection, Oddbody features macabre body horror tales with funny, dark and unexpected twists and turns.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Genre: Simon & Schuster
Publisher: Short Stories, Horror, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction
Review in one word: Macabre
The title Oddbody is a strong signal about what lies between the covers as this collection of short stories: macabre body horror with funny and unexpected twists and turns. In the title story, a woman navigates a codependent relationship with a ghost. In “Squirm,” a daughter must tend to her father who is a man-sized squishy worm devouring himself from the inside out. If this sounds super weird…well it really is…but in a fascinating kind of way I can guarantee you!
“Pineapple” introduces a woman who makes the startling choice to have feather wings surgically attached to her back. In “Eggshells,” a waitress gives birth to an egg during her breakfast shift. These narratives are weird, fun, playful forms of body horror that anyone who loves weird fiction will savour and really love. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book quite like this, and it’s a unique and fresh take on the weird that draws me in here.
The overarching theme of Oddbody is the body itself—as a corporeal site of horror, desire, transformation, and liberation. Keating puts a powerful lens on the body anxieties that women and men have and she’s brutally honest and creepy in a way about it all. The stories are vividly rendered and enjoyable. I found this collection to be masterfully crafted, funny and so much fun to read! I would highly recommend you read it.
Rose Keating is a writer from Waterford, Ireland. She is a recipient of the Curtis Brown Prize and the Marian Keyes Young Writer Award. This collection Oddbody is a bold and surreal descent into a strange netherworld with characters who are grotesque, strange and the tender all at once. I highly recommend this collection if you want to disappear into strange corporeal places you never imagined existed!
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The Loveliest
The woman
with a
double chin
and fat fingers
around plastic bags
plops down
in the seat
across the aisle
and blocks
my view of the
goddess
whose magazine
is filled with
clothes
she'd fill out
quite nicely.
The pretty
and the ugly
sit side by side
and I wonder
who is
the loveliest
in God's eyes.February 22, 2002
#2002 #Beauty #bodyImage #ChristianReflection #compassion #consumerCulture #ContemplativePoetry #divineBeauty #empathy #everydayHoliness #faithAndBeauty #fashionMagazine #God #GodSEyes #Grace #humanDignity #imageOfGod #Incarnation #innerBeauty #judgment #Love #outerBeauty #People #publicTransit #sacredWorth #seeingOthers #socialCritique #SpiritualPoetry #theLoveliest #Theology #Women #WordPressTagsPoetry #Writing -
💄 Remember the catalogs? The Angels? The dream they sold? ✨
What did Victoria’s Secret teach a generation of women about beauty… and what are we rethinking today?
Read the full story here: 🪽 https://shorturl.at/XDUdO
#WomenAndCulture #beautystandards #victoriassecret #FashionHistory #jax #leswexler #JeffreyEpstein #BodyImage #bodyissues -
Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane
"A road trip through rock bottom, revelation & the wild relief of reimagining what a life can hold"
Sale: $29 to $4.99
by Lindy West
Rating: 4.1/5 (299 Reviews)
#books #memoir #feminist #humor #travel #roadtrip #women #booksky #selfgrowth #bodyimage #kindle
Adult Braces: Driving Myself S... -
Saccharine (2026)
A medical student who is self-conscious about her body starts taking an unknown pill – a strange sort of capsule – to lose weight. This decision triggers an unexpected and terrifying side effect, unleashing a supernatural force that increasingly takes over her daily life.
Yet another Australian film I didn’t like. Seriously!!! I think that within the first three-quarters of an hour, I already knew I was going to give this film a very low rating. My disappointment is all the greater given that the theme of eating disorders, within the context of a horror film, seemed quite innovative in the 2020s. The film does feature a few very beautiful shots, particularly of bodily fluids and the interior of bodies. Yes, unfortunately it’s reminiscent of The Substance (2024), which I hated. The film’s main flaw is that it’s a mix of Coralie Fargeat’s film and Grave (2016), which I didn’t like at all either. That’s saying something! Two female directors I can’t stand. As for Grave, it’s the carnal aspect centred on food that puts me off.
The film might have been more successful if it had been cut by a good half an hour. As it stands, it’s rather repetitive and very boring. The storyline centred on the heroine’s family, which is very interesting, would have deserved more screen time. Two parents doing their best, but their best isn’t very high. Between the father, who struggles to do anything, and the mother, who goes overboard. In fact, she reminded me of my own worries. Those mothers who are always wanting to tidy and clean their children’s bedrooms without realising that they’re intruding on a private world they can’t possibly understand. We throw things away and clean up without realising that this mess might have had its own significance, symbolic or otherwise.
We know that stories about weight will attract an audience, just as we know it’s just as easy to have a hit with a film about money. Like when people come into a fortune and decide to keep it to themselves without telling anyone else. So it’s the same with stories where someone finds a miracle solution for losing weight. These are indeed constant, permanent and eternal problems for people in our society. What a sad world!
This film is, of course, rather despicable. The subject matter is repulsive, especially when you discover what’s in the so-called miracle pills. The atmosphere is as grim as you could wish for. The lead actress is truly unsettling, which does, however, demonstrate a certain talent.
But there comes a point where it all gets completely ridiculous, and from that moment on, I gradually lost interest. It hadn’t really managed to hold my attention right from the start.
At least this film doesn’t really make you fancy a bite to eat. That’s the cool thing about it if you’re watching it with the aim of losing a few kilos! Saccharine offers nothing particularly meaty or substantial to sink your teeth into.
Forrest Gump says “Life is like a box of chocolates”, but not quite so for obese people. It’s glaringly obvious that this film lacks subtlety.
We can add a third film that I hated to the list of what this film reminded me of. Indeed, Antiviral (2012) by Cronenberg Jr, Brandon, can round off my list of a quartet of despicable films to avoid. Except for the most twisted among us, of course. Fans of the macabre, gore and grim, sickening atmospheres can rush headlong into these films without hesitation.
If the plot invokes the miracle weight-loss pill, the filmmaker would do well to find the formula for a successful pace, surprise and dramatic tension – essential ingredients for concocting genuine intellectual satisfaction. Natalie Erika James, an American, Australian and Japanese director, screenwriter and producer, is no doubt trying to show that she can shock and disgust even more than men, whilst thinking she’s doing a better job. But with slow service and bland food, it’s a definite NO!
The trio of leading actresses do a fine job. Midori Francis, Madeleine Madden, and Danielle Macdonald are quite good, but Danielle Macdonald is excellent. I would have loved to see more of her in this film. All her scenes are the best in my opinion.
Somewhere between body horror and a ghost film, Saccharine, Natalie Erika James’s third feature film, suffers from a thematic overload, tackling themes such as the cult of thinness, eating disorders and female desire. The sweetness is there, as are the intentions, but it doesn’t quite hit the spot.
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Rating: 1 out of 5. #australia #bodyHorror #bodyImage #gore #horror #saccharine2026 #weightLoss -
Bob's Burgers making me cry because I wish my parents had been as gentle and understanding as Bob and Linda are (ultimately, after the episode drama resolves, and Linda figures out HEY I DON'T NEED TO PROJECT MY BODY INSECURITY AND MY MOTHER'S JUDGEMENT AND SHAME ONTO MY OWN DAUGHTER).
That would have been so nice. Instead of what I got. Being accused of choosing a SLUTTY HAIRCUT.
#body-image #slut-shaming #fashion #conservatism #religious-trauma #bob's-burgers -
Her daughter said she doesn’t want to be ‘big’ like her. She responded with perfect composure.
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Man shares his ‘5 workouts per week’ physique. His response to the haters is beautiful.
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/man-shares-his-physique-and-responds-to-haters/
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Diabulimia: The Deadly Thinness Secret
Discover the hidden dangers of diabulimia, an eating disorder affecting young people with type 1 diabetes. Learn how insulin manipulation impacts fat cell growth and body image in this insightful interview.
Follow @biohackingpathway for more
#diabulimia #type1diabetes #eatingdisorder #bodyimage #health #diabulimia #type1diabetes #eatingdisorder #bodyimage #health #insulinresistance #diabetesawareness #mentalhealth #wellbeing #documentary
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The Conversation: Looksmaxxing isn’t just a TikTok trend – it often reflects severe body image issues in teen boys and young men. “Much of the media coverage of looksmaxxing has focused on cultural dimensions, such as the misogynist ideology underlying this trend and its implications for cultural conversations about masculinity. Meanwhile, looksmaxxers with an especially large following of […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/the-conversation-looksmaxxing-isnt-just-a-tiktok-trend-it-often-reflects-severe-body-image-issues-in-teen-boys-and-young-men/ -
Tammy Hembrow Faces Scrutiny Over Online Persona
Why are followers criticizing Tammy Hembrow's photos in May 2026? Learn about the debates regarding digital editing and her public appearance.
#tammyhembrow, #socialmedia, #influencernews, #bodyimage, #onlineprivacy
https://newsletter.tf/tammy-hembrow-photo-editing-controversy-may-2026/
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Followers are debating Tammy Hembrow's latest photos, with many claiming they look different from her real appearance. This is a common issue for influencers today.
#tammyhembrow, #socialmedia, #influencernews, #bodyimage, #onlineprivacy
https://newsletter.tf/tammy-hembrow-photo-editing-controversy-may-2026/