glamorization
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The glamorization of suffering: “I ate three lettuce leaves a day and danced 26 hours a day, the ’70s were amazing!”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021
It’s more than possible that Andem isn’t instructed by Mark Zuckerberg and the like to play up Instagram and Messenger in her characters’ lives, but the result, regardless, is a glamorization of those products.
From Slate ● May 22, 2018
The actress also considered her own culpability in the glamorization of violence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
Her “Ballad” is open to charges of narcissism, exhibitionism, voyeurism and the glamorization of bad behavior, qualities that are partly what make it so riveting.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2016
Engaged parents generally feel they can counteract any glamorization of violence with their own behavior, and a frank and open discussion of the issues.
From Time ● Dec. 4, 2015
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