April 27, 2021 10:00 am
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Plus, discuss the effect this could have on a generation constantly comparing themselves to completely unattainable beauty standards
Checking my Instagram after work one day, a post jumps out at me.
I stop my scrolling to examine a story from content creator Faye Dickinson, who has 75k followers. Half the screen is a normal photo of her face: she’s
sans make up and wearing a black and red hoodie with her hair in a bun. On the other side, her features are edited – albeit not dramatically – by one of the platform’s many ‘subtle’ beauty filters.