ACADEMIC WRITING

Browse through my academic writing pieces that explore broad themes of mental health and wellbeing such as

Social Media & Mental Health
Health & Wellness
Mens Health
Women's Health
Hustle Culture & Toxic Productivity
Diet Culture
Myths of Beauty
Toxic Appearance Standards
Myths of Health
#Thatgirl Culture
Social Media Detoxification
Fitness Culture

NEW WORK - Demystifying Hustle Culture and Re-Branding Men’s Mental Health Online

This article will address the importance of men’s mental health by exposing the detriments of toxic masculinity that underly and inform the current media landscape ...

PROSE REVISION - Are you #Thatgirl?

Social media platforms are becoming increasingly ‘polluted’ with destructive narratives about what it should look like to feel healthy ...

Celebrity Ethos and the Normalization of Eating Disorder Culture on Instagram

Instagram’s online network reality plays a pivotal role in shaping how young female users come to evaluate themselves and their bodies ...

Celebrity Culture and Myths of Beauty on Instagram

In a world where filler, Botox and plastic surgery have gained ever-increasing popularity and profound influence in defining standards of ‘acceptable’ modern beauty, representations of natural beauty online are few and far between ...

Social Media and Disordered Eating Behaviour in Adolescents

By posing questions related to social media use intent and behaviours to adolescent samples, Wilksch et al.’s exploratory study is successful in convincing readers of social media’s contribution to disordered eating tendencies ...

Beauty, Body Image and Thin Idealization in Online Public Spheres

Instagram curates strategic narratives that not only dominate the visibility of beauty online, but also inform societal values and ideologies and interpellate passive female users to internalize ideal beauty and appearance norms ...

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