101: Body Image Isn’t Just About How You Feel - It’s About What You See

No matter how high your self-esteem is, your brain’s visual processing center could still make you feel like something’s wrong with how you look. Here’s why.

The visual culture in the United States is overwhelmingly thin, white, able-bodied, cisgender and young. This doesn’t match the statistical reality that most people (around 70%) in the U.S. are plus-…