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On the nose: Reddit users report self-image struggles after years of exposure to Eurocentric beauty standards online

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has explored how facial filters, pop culture and centuries-old stereotypes are shaping how people see their faces. The study investigated the way the nose is represented on social media, and how this connects to a long history of gender and race politics. Th...

On the nose: Reddit users report self-image struggles after years of exposure to Eurocentric beauty standards online
Image: Phys.org
New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has explored how facial filters, pop culture and centuries-old stereotypes are shaping how people see their faces. The study investigated the way the nose is represented on social media, and how this connects to a long history of gender and race politics. The paper "Looking at the Nose: Gender, Jewishness, and the Politics of Visual Mediation" was published in the journal Body & Society.

Originally published at Phys.org

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