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Body & Self-Image · From the series DU DARFST. · KLARTEXT

Who decides what's beautiful, anyway?

The mirror in the morning, the locker room at lunch, a feed full of faces without a single pore at night. This is about how pictures change the way we see ourselves, why comparisons get so loud and how to go easier on yourself.

Body & Self-Image
Three thoughts

A photo shows one second. You're there all day.

A filter doesn't know how you laugh. The people who like you do.

Your body isn't a project. It's the one you shoot hoops with, dance, run and hug with.

When your feed sets the bar

Most of the pictures we see every day are picked, edited or filtered. Everyone knows that, and still your brain compares itself to them like they're real life. It helps to say it out loud now and then: that's a picture, not a person on a Tuesday.

Talking to yourself like a friend

A lot of people say things to themselves they'd never say to a friend. Quick test: would you say what you're thinking about yourself right now to your best friend? If not, you don't have to say it to yourself either.

Something to try, no obligation

Today, unfollow one account that makes you feel worse and follow one that gives you an idea.

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A question to take with you

What can your body do that you could feel good about today?

You don't have to love your body every day. But you can treat it well.