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 ...

“What in the Black Mirror am I looking at?” snorted a friend when I showed her Reem Bot for the first time. Reem is an influencer and journalist created by artificial intelligence and powered by ...

It’s no secret that South Asian women have faced an incredible amount of scrutiny about their appearances for generations. While social media’s “mute” function is handy to shut out negative influences ...

Prosthetic noses, disheveled tresses, and decorated acrylics took center stage, challenging Eurocentric beauty standards at Martine Rose’s Spring-Summer 2025 (SS25) show in Milan. Known for her ...

Recently, I rounded up some of the most ridiculous modern beauty standards that people think society needs to let go of. In the comments, members of the BuzzFeed Community shared even more impossible ...

Ms. D’Amour is a writer based in California. She writes about motherhood and matriarchy. When my best friend and I lived together 13 years ago, our shared bathroom had a handful of products: soap, ...

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 ...

Fathers play an essential role in a daughter’s life. Everything she will learn about men, love, and self-worth will come from her first love – her dad. Dads do their best to protect their little girls ...

This article is part of the Future of Appearance, a collection of articles that investigates what we will look like in 20 years. Artificial intelligence-driven skincare, weight loss drugs, bioprinted ...