Deciphering Hollywood’s Mixed Messaging: Body Positivity And Impossible Beauty Standards
Hollywood and social media emphasize body positivity and inclusivity while also overusing filler, weight loss drugs, and plastic surgery to reach an unrealistic beauty standard. How are we supposed to decipher society’s hypocrisy?
Since Hollywood’s emergence in the early 1900s, it has prevailed as the center of beauty and culture for the American people. Many famous and iconic women and men have lived within its spotlight, glamorizing and idealizing the Hollywood lifestyle. Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and Grace Kelly were embraced as the cultural standards for beauty decades ago. Since the mid-1900s, Hollywood has continued its relevance with unceasing fervency. However, today’s standards and values greatly diverge from what was once considered beautiful. Things like diversity, inclusion, and body positivity remain at the top of the list for what Hollywood emphasizes, usually in a way that negatively distracts from anything else. But is this new assortment of ideals only uplifted in word and not deed?