Capstones

Graduation Date

Fall 12-13-2024

Grading Professor

Jeff Gage

Subject Concentration

Arts & Culture

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Abstract

As life on the internet becomes the new normal, the impact of social media becomes more pervasive and relentless. This story delves into how platforms like Instagram and TikTok can amplify the societal pressures on women to live up to an impossible beauty standard. Various experts weigh in on how this pressure affects women of all ages — from little girls to grown-up, established influencers. This timely narrative underscores the steep cost of society’s obsession with beauty as a measure of value and whether there is an escape to it at all.

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