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No matter where you live, people make judgments based on how you look. Those judgments are a little different in different places, as one of our longtime colleagues discovered when she moved. NPR's ...

From BTS to Squid Game to high-end beauty standards, South Korea reigns as a global exporter of pop culture and entertainment. Just 70 years ago, it would have seemed impossible. For the next episode ...

“Look younger. Get smaller. Erase the lines. Tighten, tone, conceal.” We’re told these things so often we mistake them for truth. We live in a culture saturated with beauty standards that are not just ...

The last decade in the U.S. has seen a fast progression of Asian culture diffusion. Journalist Julia Hollingsworth cited Susanna Lin in her CNN article, who said, “The growing interest in East Asian ...

Growing up as a Korean American girl in a predominantly white suburb of Chicago, I had a very specific idea of what beauty was. It only took me until the age of about eight to realize that I was not ...

Evidence shows that beauty standards can affect individual mental health. Social media, television, and film can all portray unrealistic beauty standards and create pressure for people to look a ...

Beauty. It’s a word that carries weight, one that holds power over our self-esteem, our choices, and often, our very identity. It’s a concept so deeply ingrained in our societies that we sometimes ...

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A discussion of race and beauty standards emphasizing inclusion and natural beauty. Lonzo and Danor host a discussion with Tiffany Rasmussen and Dr. Harjit Kaur about race and beauty standards.

A millennial woman has called out modern-day beauty standards by comparing today's "Instagram face" to the individuality that was celebrated in the 90s. Gabija Stonys (@kaitallow), 31, founder of ...