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Everybody has insecurities.

We compare our own bodies to other bodies. We all have a part of our life we secretly wish to hide.

On social media platforms, such as instagram, we post pictures of our life, parts we want to share. We have the knowledge that everything we post online, will be online for the entire world to see.
We know to keep things private.
We can easy hide bad things from our lives.
Hide parts of our body we don't really like that much.
Use the best camera angle, add a filter, easily make your teeth a little whiter and remove a pimple.

It is so easy to pretend that we don't have any insecurities.
To pretend to be flawless.

It feels so logical to us that we only post pictures where we feel beautiful, of things we are proud of and of things we worked hard for. The happy times we have with friends and the fun parties and festivals we go to.

But online, you only see the glamour.

You don't see all the worked hours someone saved up for the expensive car, you don't see the hours studying for the degree, you don't feel the sore muscles of working out everyday to have a fit body.
You might not even see a broken home behind a pretty selfie.

Keeping up with the latest trends and having a certain aesthetic have become social expectations. Young women who are not satisfied with the way they look feel pressured to modify their pictures so that they can appear thinner, have sharper features and show off a flawless complexion. They “edit” themselves to attract more followers and boost their reputation.

We see these perfect celebrity bodies, most of which have undergone plastic surgery or editing, and are left with the impression that they do not fit the mold society has formed to represent the ideal body type.

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Filters make your face appear thinner, remove all the blemishes in the skin and some even add makeup.

This is my normal face, no edits and no make-up.

Let's see what happens to my face with some of the easy filters.

You don't even have to edit your face yourself.

This is a filter a lot of people like to use.
The dog nose hides your real nose. I think maybe that is why people like a filter like this, because a nose is something lot's of people often don't really like about their face.
You can really hide youself a bit with this one.

The colors are also a lot brighter and sunnyer.

It made my skin so clean almost smooth.

And even my skin looks a bit skinnyer.

This filter removed all my freckles and made my facial features a lot smoother.

This filter removes all blemishes in the face to the point I can't even see my nose anymore.

This filter makes the face really smooth and even adds's makeup.

Fun face filters give you an entire new face

Social media like instagram can give us more pressure to be

We can compare our real lives and real bodies with what we see

Acoring to our survey, most people don't really mind this at first. Afterall we want to look our very best to all of our followers. (and strangers?)

Scrolling through an app and seeing edited and airbrushed bodies can definitely lower self-esteem and lead to body dysmorphia.

“Why don’t I look like this?”

“Why wasn’t I born with this body?”

There are ways to curate your Instagram feed to make you feel happier in your own skin – or, at least, stop you feeling worse.

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“I'd just come from the gym, had a scarf under my baseball cap, and the beautiful photographer Paola (never met a Paola I didn't like) said, "I have to shoot you right now, like this! The music is raw and real, and these photos have to be too!"

One woman that is publically in the spotlights that show how beautiful being natural is, is Alicia Keys.

It began with a photo shoot in 2016. Usually, getting in front of the camera calls for A LOT of makeup, but when Alicia Keys was shooting for her new album 'Here', she opted for a makeup-free look. Rather than regret her decision to show off her true self, ‘flaws’ and all, the opposite happened. She was inspired to go makeup-free indefinitely.

"Founded by mother-daughter duo, Elisa Goodkind & Lily Mandelbaum,
StyleLikeU is a platform for radically honest docu-style videos that give voice to role models who stand proudly outside of norms and are comfortable in their skin."
-StyleLikeU

A very positive twist on all the perfect social-media influencer pics you may see, this amazing mother-daughter duo own an Instagram account, youtube channel and website that is all about promoting REAL bodies, people that are proud of their bodies, and body-insecurities. They make videos of people they will interview about their personal style and body, while they undress. A very personal and intimate experience.

Check them out at:
www.stylelikeu.com
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Billie Eilish made a powerful statement about body shaming.

She addressed body-shaming and attempts to judge others for what they choose to wear: removing her t-shirt in the pre-recorded visual, she slowly sinks into a pit of sticky black tar before disappearing beneath the surface completely. “Some people hate what I wear; some people praise it; some people use it to shame others; some people use it to shame me,” she says.

“Would you like me to be smaller?” she asks. “Weaker? Softer? Taller? Would you like me to be quiet? Do my shoulders provoke you? Does my chest? Am I my stomach? My hips? The body I was born with – is it not what you wanted? If I wear what is comfortable, I am not a woman. If I shed the layers, I’m a slut. Though you’ve never seen my body, you still judge it and judge me for it. Why?”

"do you know me?
really know me?
you have opinions
about my opinions
about my music
about my clothes
about my body
some people hate what I wear
some people praise it
some people use it to shame others
some people use it to shame me
but I feel you watching
always
and nothing I do goes unseen
so while I feel your stares
your disapproval
or your sigh of relief
if I lived by them
I’d never be able to move
would you like me to be smaller?
weaker?
softer?
taller?
would you like me to be quiet?
do my shoulders provoke you?
does my chest?
am I my stomach?
my hips?
the body I was born with
is it not what you wanted?
if I wear what is comfortable
I am not a woman
if I shed the layers
I’m a slut
though you’ve never seen my body
you still judge it
and judge me for it
why?
we make assumptions about people
based on their size
we decide who they are
we decide what they’re worth
if I wear more
if I wear less
who decides what that makes me?
what that means?
is my value based only on your perception?
or is your opinion of me
not my responsibility"