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When 18-year-old Hayden enters a bodybuilding contest, his intensive training schedule and strict calorie requirements are not only tough on him but on his whole family as well. Is the perfect body that Hayden’s working so hard to achieve even an attainable goal or does social media have him chasing an impossible ideal of masculinity? I found this story through a NYT article written by Alex Hawgood about how social media is driving teenage boys to develop muscle dysmorphia. I found the central character of this story, Hayden via TikTok, as this allowed me to understand who Hayden is, his goals and motivations before meeting him. Like Hayden, I struggled with my body image being a short skinny kid. Through Hayden’s TikTok videos I identified with his body image issues and I strongly believe this story will resonate with many other men around the world.
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