Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—or is it?
The Belly Button Challenge that is blowing up social media involves reaching around your back to touch your belly button, proving you're svelte enough to do so. The trend has been widely criticised for promoting unhealthy ideas about body image and- Thinspiration or #thinspo is a trend among young women to exhibit their rib cages, thus projecting how thin they actually are. Reportedly social media sites have have been banned such content after coming under fire for the proliferation of eating
- Thigh gap, in which slender legs, when standing with feet together, do not touch. While some see this as an ideal body shape, but its unattainability leads to self-esteem issues that could lead to eating disorders, depression and even suicide.
- Mons pubis, which is a small bump of flesh on the pubic bone is latest body part to hate. The hashtag #Monspubis did rounds on Twitter and there are plenty of forums dedicated to women who can air their insecurities about the body part.
- The #Kyliejennerchallenge is the quest for the perfect pout. Users took to social media to show off the results accompanied with cupping marks and even bruising appearing around the lips.
- The "finger-trap test" also known as Beauty and Ugliness Identification Method, confirms that if you are able to touch your index finger to the tip of your nose and rest your hand against your chin. If your lips don't touch your finger, congrats—you
- Originating in China, the "collarbone challenge" encourages participants to balance coins in their clavicle to test how thin they are. Like its predecessor the belly button challenge, it's only really succeeding at shaming people's bodies.
- #HoleACokeWithYourBoobsChallenge which had women posting selfies of themselves holding a coke in-between their breasts, but actually ridiculed the disease with sexy photos.
- "Bikini bridge" enthusiasts uploaded their own images to 4chan, an image sharing site, and other social media sites where bikini bottoms are suspended between the two hip bones, causing a space between the bikini and the lower abdomen. And you think
The Belly Button Challenge that is blowing up social media involves reaching around your back to touch your belly button, proving you're svelte enough to do so. The trend has been widely criticised for promoting unhealthy ideas about body image and
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—or is it?
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