There are multiple factors at work in our brains when we deem someone as ‘attractive’ - including the formation of biases towards or against them. In this episode, we unpack our own experiences with attraction and how its forces can work in several problematic ways. We often don’t hear lookism discussed openly considering the topic is deeply personal, but keeping this topic taboo only makes it stronger. Hear us dive into the toxic culture around physique that social media has inevitable arisen, attractiveness as a template in our minds, and how much of what we see as attractive stems from colonization. We discuss the following resources and recommend them to anyone wanting to learn more:

• The unrealistic toxic beauty standards is deadly - https://youtu.be/N6FWZ-TpkFI
• The dark reality behind male beauty standards - https://youtu.be/UDG6Fj9X0Y4
• Looks aren’t everything - https://youtu.be/ks1FEtWlzTU
• Liking what you see by Ted Chiang (Part of a collection of short stories) - https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00UBL1ED0/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Y58XHXPQKCKWDG0N5KP2

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