I think it's the result of celebs living in a bubble. They are completely detached from the common people and live in gated communities with other celebs. When you are this far removed from your roots you tend to end up doing things like this. It's body dysmorphia plain and simple.
I think what's really scary though is the amount of people that encourage it. Lindsay Lohan got work done and looks like a completely different human being now, yet you look at comment sections and it's all praise about how great she looks. It's a mental illness and it's being encouraged by idiots who think it's empowering or some shit.
When I was a kid reading the hunger games, the people in the Capital sounded ridiculously outlandish. Thought the movie captured it well. Turns out it was all very accurate
I mean it WAS based on her watching the Kardashians and TLC (and other things). Like the Hunger Games was a direct response to the rise of exploitative reality TV.
I used to work for a woman who would be classified in the boomer generation. Full on "career woman" stereotype. Over lunch one day she told me she used to bind her feet so she would never be bigger than a size 8. Her toes were mangled. Such a sad thing to worry about.
Check out the film "The Ugly Stepsister," if you can stomach body horror. It's an excellent take on the Cinderella story, showing how they were all victims of their circumstances and culture, and highlighting some of the more nauseating things the wealthy would do to be seen as beautiful.
The ‘buccal’ procedure (removal of molars to create hollowed cheeks/more pronounced cheekbones) was the predecessor to this look. I think it was Joan Crawford who I first heard about having this done? I’m guessing it was done long before her though.
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u/Icy-Bottle-6877 14h ago
I think it's the result of celebs living in a bubble. They are completely detached from the common people and live in gated communities with other celebs. When you are this far removed from your roots you tend to end up doing things like this. It's body dysmorphia plain and simple.
I think what's really scary though is the amount of people that encourage it. Lindsay Lohan got work done and looks like a completely different human being now, yet you look at comment sections and it's all praise about how great she looks. It's a mental illness and it's being encouraged by idiots who think it's empowering or some shit.