OFM S3 E10: Pop Culture's Impact on Dysphoria and Dysmorphia

Our Fractured Minds

Pop culture surrounds us 24/7 and it sculpts not only our personalities but our self-image and self-worth. In this episode, we continue a conversation we started earlier this season about dysmorphia and dysphoria while discussing the importance of visibility but ask if it is valid to struggle with how transgender stars continue to forward cis-heteronormative beauty standards.

We ask the questions:

1. Is it okay to be triggered by some visibility?
2. Can you still be supportive of the community and of visibility if you can't watch it?
3. What are the impacts of beauty standards on our mental health?
4. How do dysmorphia and dysphoria intersect and differ?

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