Our hyper-obsession with achieving body “perfection” through cosmetic surgery and other interventions has decreased self-esteem and body confidence, yet we persist.

Our hyper-obsession with achieving body “perfection” through cosmetic surgery and other interventions has decreased self-esteem and body confidence, yet we persist.
Young women in South Korea calling themselves “beauty resisters” are fighting back against the powerful and incredibly profitable beauty and cosmetic surgery industries.
I’m about to admit something that, in a patriarchy, is tantamount to a cardinal sin: I’m letting myself go. Letting myself go. I choose that phrase intentionally — a phrase designed to…