Welcome, friends!
Just a quick message before I tell you what this episode is all about. It arrived a little later than planned. Life got unexpectedly busy behind the scenes, so I gave myself a little extra breathing room. Thank you for your patience, and thank you, as always, for listening.
Why do women so often become the enforcers of the very beauty standards that have hurt them?
In this brand new episode of Beauty Unlocked, we're looking at where our earliest ideas about beauty come from, how seemingly harmless comments can follow us for decades, and why beauty standards can become intertwined with identity, belonging, survival, and worth.
We also explore the influence of family, Eurocentric beauty ideals, and the uncomfortable ways inherited beliefs can become lessons we pass on to others.
Because the fact that we inherited an idea doesn't mean we have to keep it.
ARE. YOU. READY?
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Sources & Further Reading:
Deek, Melanie Rebecca, Ivanka Prichard, and Eva Kemps. "The Mother-Daughter-Sister Triad: The Role of Female Family Members in Predicting Body Image and Eating Behaviour in Young Women." Body Image 46 (2023): 336-346.
Engeln, Renee. Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women. New York: Harper, 2017.
Festinger, Leon. "A Theory of Social Comparison Processes." Human Relations 7, no. 2 (1954): 117-140.
Kluck, Annette S. "Family Influence on Disordered Eating: The Role of Body Image Dissatisfaction." Body Image 7, no. 1 (2010): 8-14.
Strings, Sabrina. Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia. New York: New York University Press, 2019.
Vouloumanos, Victoria. "POC Are Sharing The Eurocentric Beauty Standards They Grew Up With And How It Impacted Them." BuzzFeed, February 25, 2023.
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