There was a time when I wouldn’t post or show others a picture of myself without adding a filter of some sort. Sometimes those social media filters were cute and funny, like me as a digitally rendered ...

Is it just a bit of fun, or are those "pretty" filters actually messing with our heads? We’ve all been there—scrolling ...

In this generation of instant gratification and technology dependence, beauty culture has become more extreme and unforgiving, causing even its most prominent purveyors to have difficulty keeping up.

Listen up people because Tammy Slaton has a public service announcement for the critics complaining about her use of filters. A frustrated Tammy took to social media recently and responded to the ...

AI and deepfakes mean the world we see through our screens is already fiction. The next step is removing screens altogether, says Paul Armstrong Reality used to be something you could trust. What you ...

With different photo filter apps popping up daily, actress Mercy Johnson-Okojie has argued their effects cannot be compared to reality. Photo filter apps over the years have gained popularity among ...

A new photo app that tries to cut through the filtered reality of Instagram has seen a surge of interest from users. The app’s rise has been attributed to a desire for unfiltered media. “The app ...

We are increasingly curating our online personas, handpicking the images we share and choosing to present ourselves through a “beautification” lens. This shift has given rise to a quiet revolution: ...

In our TikTok, filtered-reality world, it’s easy to get caught up in comparisons. Do I look as good as her? Are my cheekbones high enough? But these questions only narrow the lens through which we see ...