Senior Capstone, 2019
Warped Plastic: Art History and Modern Media’s Contribution to Facial Dysmorphia

Is this DULL? Does this HELP? Do I look BETTER? In preparation for this video I practiced putting fake lips on myself. Outwardly I was disgusted but internally
 these thoughts came to light: “I could look like this all the time”, “This really balanced out my face”, “With these lips I could be an influencer”, “This is BETTER”. 
I posted images of my fake lips on social media intially s a joke but it quickly became a further realization of our culture as I saw comments like “finally”, “you did 
it?” among other responses. Why is this normaized? At what point do idealized beauty standards become too grotesk?