"A generation-defining exposé of toxic beauty culture-from Botox and Instagram filters to lip flips and editing apps-and the realities of coming of age online We live in a new age of beauty. With advancements in cosmetic surgery, walk-in treatments, augmented reality face filters, photo editing apps, and exposure to more images than ever, we have the ability to craft the image we want everyone to see. We pinch, pull, squeeze, tweeze, smooth and slice ourselves beyond recognition.
But is our beauty culture truly empowering? Are we really in control? In Pixel Flesh, Ellen Atlanta holds a mirror up to our modern beauty ideal, as well as the pressure to present a perfect image, to live in an age of constant comparison and curated feeds.
She weaves in her personal story with others' to reconfigure our obsession with the cult of beauty and explore the reality of living in a world of paradoxes: we know our standards are unhealthy, but understa
| ISBN: | 9781250286222 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 2024 |
| Author: | Ellen Atlanta |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 372 pages |
| Primary Genre | History |
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"A generation-defining exposé of toxic beauty culture-from Botox and Instagram filters to lip flips and editing apps-and the realities of coming of age online We live in a new age of beauty. With advancements in cosmetic surgery, walk-in treatments, augmented reality face filters, photo editing apps, and exposure to more images than ever, we have the ability to craft the image we want everyone to see.
Pixel Flesh features in the following genres: History, Feminism and feminist theory, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, News media and journalism, Publishing industry and journalism
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Pixel Flesh was written by Ellen Atlanta and published by St. Martin's Press
Pixel Flesh has 372 pages
