Staring At My Own 40-Something Face On Zoom Has Shattered My Self-Esteem

"Staring into Zoom day after day had changed the way I saw myself," the author writes. It helps.” Vanessa, who is Black, spoke of the additional challenge of finding lighting that will properly capture her features since, like so much face-related technology, the app is geared toward lighter skin; there’s a kind of Zoom racism causing her additional distress. “I’d love to turn on Zoom and find beauty in the face staring back at me, to think, 'You’ve been through a lot. I wondered if, after leaving the Zoom meeting, they said to their partners, ”She was staring down middle age and now she’s lost that battle.” They may seem like superficial and indulgent feelings, but consider the real-life consequences of disorders like body dysmorphia: depression, anxiety, self-harm, and, in its less potent versions, annoying the crap out of your spouses. Or I’d love to turn on Zoom and find beauty in the face staring back at me, to think, “You’ve been through a lot.