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Influencer Trend We Are Here For: Real. Effing. Skin.
This generation doesn’t want your filters, tyvm.
Feb 22, 2021
Take a quick scroll through your socials right now and I guarantee you’ll see what I’m seeing—ultra-curated poreless selfies and Facetuned jawlines being quietly replaced by something much cooler: honest, unretouched pics that put acne on display in all its unpredictable glory. I'm talking about content that's
genuinely relatable; like, just-crawled-out-of-bed, still-wearing-zit-cream, this-is-what-skin-looks-like relatable. And it's powerful.
It’s true that skin positivity has been around for a minute, but in a time when most of us don’t have the energy to care about getting “perfect” filtered-beyond-recognition skin (we’ve sort of had other priorities, you know?), the movement is blowing TF up. Hashtags like #FreethePimple and #AcnePositivity are stacked with hundreds of thousands of people (including celebs—hi, Keke Palmer) who are embracing their skin for what it is, breakouts, scars, textures, and all.