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To Botox or Not to Botox – How to Navigate a World of Impossible Standards with Social Historian and Former Beauty Consultant, Ellen Atlanta

To Botox or Not to Botox – How to Navigate a World of Impossible Standards with Social Historian and Former Beauty Consultant, Ellen Atlanta

Update: 2025-09-15
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This week, I’m joined by author and beauty culture commentator Ellen
Atlanta to explore how tweakments, filters and social media are reshaping
not just our faces – but the way we see ourselves. From the rise of fillers in
the UK to the constant pressures of online “perfection,” Ellen shares powerful insights from her book and from conversations with young women growing up in the middle of it all. Together, we talk about what it means to navigate beauty in the digital age, how social media has shifted our ideas of confidence and self-image, and why these treatments and filters have become such a big part of the conversation. If you’ve ever questioned your reflection, wondered how the online world is shaping your self-esteem, or simply wanted to better understand today’s beauty culture, this episode will give you fresh perspectives on acceptance, confidence, and defining beauty on your own terms.


BOOKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE


Ellen’s book, Pixel Flesh, explores the impact of digital beauty culture on women’s self-worth and mental health, and is available now in all good bookstores.


 


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Prefer email? Drop me a line at lifeofbryony@dailymail.co.uk


 If this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who might need it – it really helps! Bryony
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Credits: 


Host: Bryony Gordon


 


Guest: Ellen Atlanta


 


Producer: Laura Elwood-Craig


 


Assistant Producer: Ceyda Uzun


 


Studio Manager: Sam Chisholm


 


Editor: Luke Shelley


 


Exec Producer: Mike Wooller 


 


A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular.



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To Botox or Not to Botox – How to Navigate a World of Impossible Standards with Social Historian and Former Beauty Consultant, Ellen Atlanta

To Botox or Not to Botox – How to Navigate a World of Impossible Standards with Social Historian and Former Beauty Consultant, Ellen Atlanta

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