Your body as a weapon: the rise of the 'revenge body' online
- Written by: Mair Underwood, Lecturer in Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Queensland
A 'revenge body' is built to show someone how well you are doing without them. With the advent of social media the phenomenon is increasingly popular.Shutterstock
Months after a public breakup with her husband, the politician Barnaby Joyce, Natalie Joyce made news when she displayed her “new” body in a bodybuilding competition....
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