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Feb 4, 2025 6:09 AM
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media influencerepresentation
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Elise Hu's TED Talk explores how digital culture and beauty filters influence societal beauty standards, highlighting the importance of media education in understanding and navigating these new realities.
As "beauty filters" proliferate on social media platforms like TikTok, journalist Elise Hu says we've entered the era of the technological gaze, where the digital world shapes real-world beauty standards. She explains how to navigate this new reality in all its forms — and why you should reject the idea that your appearance dictates your worth.