Not a single insecurity weve ever had about our bodies has been by accident.

In the late 2010s, Tumblr cultivated anobsession with thigh gapsamong chronically online millennials.

Soon after, hip dip insecurity emerged.

woman’s body with circles arrows and xs drawn over it

Graphic: Bella Geraci; Source Image: Getty

Cortisol face.Bad facial harmony.Septum arms.Double lip lines.Myofascial imbalance.

Our image-based culture predicates and affirms this pop in of content, Widdows says.

In this context, any perceived flaws, however minor, are going to appear huge.

Theres no better illustration of that than the recent vuvuzela arms incident.

And shame is often more contagious than we give it credit for.