ISSUE - unrealistic body image standards on social media

This blog will be about how most of what we see on social media (instagram in particular) is fake, specifically regarding women and their bodies. Our generation has created a standard of beauty and if you don't fit into it, you're out. However, this standard is veryyy hard to achieve naturally. It's only a matter of genetics, money, and good editing skills.


I feel deeply for the young teenagers that start using social media and see all this nonsense. It has long lasting effects on our mental or even physical health. This is a topic I am very passionate about because I used to be that girl. I used to be the girl that would open instagram and have a breakdown because I didn't look like all the other girls. I would compare myself to others on a daily bases, which wasn't fair at all because most of them paid for that body or they used an editing app. Now that I know all that, I am more at peace with myself and I'm grateful for what I have. Sometimes I even feel bad for those women with tons of plastic surgery, because they succumbed to the societal pressure to look that way. There are some extremes examples when they don't even look human anymore and it makes me sad.


My goal is to show examples of before & after of plastic surgery and editing, and put emphasis on natural beauty. Show that what someone might think of as an "imperfection" is actually just completely normal and HUMAN.


*note: I have nothing against plastic surgery, it is everyone's choice to get it. I will simply be talking about how it became so much more mainstream to fit today's standards.


Hope you enjoy reading and take something from this! 😁