{
  "id": 455922,
  "title": "The Internet Is More Image-Focused Than Ever",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/the-internet-is-more-image-focused-than-ever",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-10T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Atlantic",
    "slug": "the-atlantic",
    "url": "https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/08/the-internet-is-more-image-focused-than-ever/688170/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Atlantic staff writer Sophie Gilbert joins hosts Natalie Brennan and Julie Beck for an episode of How to Touch Grass to discuss the current state of body image on the internet. In the early 2000s, images of women's bodies were prominently featured in magazines at checkout aisles, but nowadays, those images have shifted to social media and the internet at large. While magazines promoted an ideal body, the internet now features a resurgence of a skinny ideal, alongside calls for self-love and health at any size. The rapid uptake of GLP-1s and the influence of looksmaxxers and influencers on weight loss and cosmetic procedures have intensified the pressure on body image. The hosts and Gilbert reflect on how the culture of the internet has become even more image-focused in recent years, making it harder to hear messages of self-love and health at any size amid the \"roar\" of looksmaxxers and influencers promoting weight loss and cosmetic procedures.",
  "summary": "Just a few years ago, the body-positivity movement was going strong. What happened?",
  "key_points": [
    "Images of women's bodies shifted from magazines to internet",
    "Resurgence of skinny ideal on internet with self-love calls",
    "GLP-1s and looksmaxxers intensify body image pressure"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The internet's shift from promoting an ideal body type in magazines to featuring it online has intensified pressure on body image, overshadowing messages of self-love and health.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}