Diet Culture and Beauty Standards: A Dangerous Phenomenon | Abigail Siregar | TEDxYouth@JIS

Abigail will be talking about diet culture, and why it’s more toxic and dangerous than we think it is. In Abigail’s speech, she will also be talking about how we, as a society, can reconstruct our minds and views on diet culture and body image to shape a more inclusive, loving, and accepting world. Abigail Siregar is a junior at Jakarta Intercultural School. Aside from being a dancer, writer, avid reader, and extreme foodie, she is also an activist who loves immersing herself in sociopolitical issues and advocating for change, justice, and equity whenever she can. At TEDXYOUTH JIS, Abigail will be speaking about toxic diet culture, what it means to succumb to the beauty standards society imposes on us, and how we can rewire our minds to do otherwise. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@stephaniefellenberg]

What an amazing talk, Abi! Thank you for sharing your message❤‍🔥

[@laurasuarez4834]

very useful, beauty standards are too high and dangerous, if we continue believing that healthy is being underweight, we probably gonna have too much eating disorders in the future.

[@Tanuchka82]

Interesting topic 👍🏻

[@ellisrania1598]

SO FIRE ABI

[@kentondragon9263]

I'm confused, i thought everyone is on the body positivity and be yourself movement? Who is forcing you to "diet"? 🤔🤷‍♀️💁‍♀️ also your use and definition of the word diet is incorrect. 😢. This video gets a 👎