What messages have you received from social media about how your body should look?
What do the posts in your social media feeds tell you about how your body should look? How do they affect the way you feel about your body? In general, how does what you see on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or other social media sites affect your body image, which is defined as “a combination of the thoughts and feelings that you have about your body”? How does social media affect the way you feel about your body? Has it ever made you feel bad about the way you look? Has it ever made you feel good?
Did you relate to any of the teenagers quoted in this article? If so, which ones, and why?
What messages have you received about how your body should look from social media and what you should do to make it look that way? Pick one of these messages and evaluate it: Is it good advice for teenagers? Would you share it with one of your friends?
Do you feel that men are encouraged or discouraged in sharing struggles or insecurities related to their bodies? Why do you think that is?
“The line between getting fit and fanatical is not always clear,” Mr. Hawgood writes. Do you agree? Do you think teenagers can learn useful lessons about fitness online without becoming obsessive or unhealthy? How? Have you ever encountered body-positive content on social media? How has it made you feel? Do you think posts of this kind are useful? Why or why not?
Did you relate to any of the teenagers quoted in this article? If so, which ones, and why?
What messages have you received about how your body should look from social media and what you should do to make it look that way? Pick one of these messages and evaluate it: Is it good advice for teenagers? Would you share it with one of your friends?
Do you feel that men are encouraged or discouraged in sharing struggles or insecurities related to their bodies? Why do you think that is?
“The line between getting fit and fanatical is not always clear,” Mr. Hawgood writes. Do you agree? Do you think teenagers can learn useful lessons about fitness online without becoming obsessive or unhealthy? How? Have you ever encountered body-positive content on social media? How has it made you feel? Do you think posts of this kind are useful? Why or why not?
