Glow Up? Grow Up. The toxic nature of 'glow up' culture in body transformations
Glow Up? Grow Up. The toxic nature of 'glow up' culture in body transformations A Work My Femininity and Semi-Detached collaboration Glow up? Grow up. I'll be the first to admit that I have a complicated relationship with the 'glow up' posts that we're all too familiar with. We see them on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook. Women (and sometimes men!) posting before and after images and videos of their incredible body transformations. I remember having a conversation with someone (you know who you are ;) ) who asked me if these types of videos inspire me to get in better shape? "No, it just makes me feel like shit" I laughed off. And it was true. As much as I indulged in watching these videos, they often left me with a fleeting sensation of 'wow, I can do this!' and a longer-lasting feeling of 'boy, I am fat'. And it's the same feeling I had when I first heard of Adele's incredible weight loss. She looked great, right?! I mean, ...