A feminine burden of perfection? Appearance-related pressures on social networking sites

@article{berg2020AFB,
  title={A feminine burden of perfection? Appearance-related pressures on social networking sites},
  author={Erica {\AA}berg and Aki Koivula and Iida Kukkonen},
  journal={Telematics Informatics},
  year={2020},
  volume={46}
}
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