Is the Beauty Industry a Cult? Linguistically, Maybe. Featuring Author and Linguist Amanda Montell
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The Most Dangerous Instagram Image Ever
A few months ago, I was scrolling through Instagram and I follow for love and lemons or I used to the fashion brand. And I came across this image that they posted of a model who was so stick skinny and her face looked so childlike. The decision to post this image, I felt was really reinforcing and perpetuating an extreme standard of fitness and youth. So I commented on it and I never do that; I would normally just mute or unfollow and like quietly go off into the night. My bandwidth is limited. But this image made me so upset that I commented and I don't use the language calling out.
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