Her newest undertaking has seen her develop into the writer of one of the necessary books that I’ve learn in a very long time. Pixel Flesh is an sincere, scary and at instances stunning commentary of the poisonous aspect of magnificence and the net world:
“We live in a brand new age of magnificence. With developments in beauty surgical procedure, augmented actuality face filters, photograph enhancing apps, and publicity to extra photos than ever, now we have the flexibility to craft a model of ourselves that we would like everybody to see. We pinch, pull, squeeze, tweeze, clean and slice ourselves past recognition. However is our magnificence tradition actually empowering? Are we actually in management?
In Pixel Flesh, Ellen Atlanta holds a mirror as much as our fashionable magnificence excellent and the hurt it’s doing to girls all around the globe. Weaving in her personal private story with these of different girls, she reconfigures our obsession with the cult of magnificence and explores the realities of dwelling in a digitally obsessed world the place the stress to current your self each just about and in particular person is all-consuming.”
Through the episode we discover lots of the themes in Ellen’s e book and have a extremely sincere chat in regards to the challenges that so many people face in relation to how we understand and current ourselves to the world. We additionally have a look at the empowering and constructive aspect of magnificence and the way when utilized in the correct approach it could possibly construct communities and make us really feel increible.
I hope you take pleasure in this thought upsetting episode and that it sparks a debate in regards to the highs and lows of being a lady in 2024.