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The Perils of #FoodPorn: An Exploration of the Aestheticization of Food on Social Media
Have you ever gone out for a meal with your loved ones and had the urge to stop everyone’s cutlery from digging in - mouths salivating and tongues lolling - to spend precious minutes trying to capture on your phone the most appealing shot of your food, from every which angle? I know I have. Or consider this: have you ever spent endless hours mindlessly scrolling through Instagram’s rabbit hole of an explore page, eyes popping and stomach gurgling at hundreds of images of juic

Astrid Knox-McConnell
6 days ago17 min read
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