A growing trend on TikTok is drawing serious concerns about harmful body standards, according to a mental health professional and eating disorder specialist in Maryland. The hashtag "SkinnyTok" ...
"Wicked 2" stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have shrunken to a very small size at the same time — a reminder that ...
Eight minutes: that’s how it takes for young women to be negatively affected by eating disorder content on TikTok, according to a study in PLOS ONE published in August. Compared to women who watched ...
Women who spend a lot of time on TikTok - especially those seeing a lot of pro-anorexia content - feel worse about their appearance, a new study shows. The results suggest that high TikTok exposure ...
Nine out of 10 girls follow social media accounts that make them feel less beautiful, and more than half say they can’t measure up to the beauty standards they see online. While the pressure to be ...
TikTok has cracked down on a “toxic” new trend after mass backlash from users over its perpetuation of unrealistic and damaging body standards. Hashtagged “legging legs,” it consists of young girls ...
Less than 10 minutes of consuming TikTok content can have an immediate impact on young women’s body image satisfaction and internalization of the thin ideal. Women who spend a lot of time on TikTok — ...
Researchers say there is a “need for more stringent controls and regulations from TikTok” Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Less than 10 minutes on TikTok can significantly harm a woman's mental health ...
Millennials survived the original Y2K skinny craze — and now they’re warning Gen Z not to repeat history. Millennial model and content creator Kaila Uli is going viral for calling out TikTok’s ...
Concerns among parents are growing as AI-generated influencers gain traction on popular social media platforms. TikTok, an app popular among young users, has sparked new criticism, with over 12,000 ...
Hunter eyes, prey eyes, negative and positive canthal tilt…these are all terms that may sound ridiculous on first impression, but are well-known on TikTok, where they fall under the category of ...
Lizzo is calling out beauty standards and how society wants people to believe Black women are undesirable. The singer took to her TikTok account to share her thoughts ...