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Women Are Warning Creators About The TikTok Silhouette Challenge

Women Are Warning Creators About The TikTok Silhouette Challenge

Women Are Warning Creators About The TikTok Silhouette Challenge
04 February 2021

The trend started as a form of empowerment, a way for people to feel sexy and good in their bodies. But because everything is terrible, some people have found a way to turn a feel-good trend into depraved gratification.

There are now many videos on YouTube instructing people how to use editing software or apps to change the contrast and color in a way that reduces the silhouette effect. Because participants are just a silhouette in the challenge, many are wearing less clothing, or lingerie, or nothing at all. The goal of the editing is to reveal their bodies.

 

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