Misty Tripoli discusses how cultural definitions of beauty are historically constructed and often unrealistic, describing how such standards led her to self-judgment and disconnection from her body. She shares personal struggles including bulimia, liposuction, overindulgence, and excessive exercise, framing these as consequences of internalizing impossible beauty ideals.
It is fucking terrifying. What we have defined as beautiful, it's not even real anymore. Like, every culture has their things from, you know, in Africa, where they would wear the rings and stretch their necks, and in China, where they would bind their feet and make them small. The woman with the smallest feet, that was the most beautiful, that was the most delicate. So we have to understand that we've been doing this unconsciously for millennia, and we hold ourselves to very unrealistic beauty standards that are insane. And if we don't measure up to that, then we judge ourselves and we criticize ourselves. And then what that does is it disconnects us from our body. I realized at 45 years old that I was at absolute war with my body. From bulimia to having liposuction to over indulging, over exercising. Like, I would exercise myself to death.
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