How digital culture is reshaping our faces and bodies

Name: How digital culture is reshaping our faces and bodies
Uploaded: 2025-01-27T15:47:15Z
Duration: 5 min 20 s
Description: 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.

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TEDNext 2024

• October 2024

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.