Understanding Body Surveillance

If you find yourself constantly worrying about your appearance and preoccupied with how it doesn’t measure up, you may be suffering from body surveillance. Our selfie-happy, social-media-perfect culture makes it an easy trap to fall into-and a difficult one to escape. This phenomenon goes beyond simple self-awareness to a more troubling and continuous monitoring against often unattainable cultural standards.

Erin Kerns Vazquez

March 28, 2024