AI-powered beauty filters do not just change our faces — they change how we see ourselves. Our YGAF fellow Deniz speaks with the authors of Breaking the Filtered Lens: A Feminist Examination of Beauty Ideals in Augmented Reality Filters exploring how beauty filters across Instagram TikTok and Snapchat reinforce gendered beauty norms Eurocentric features pressure to appear perfect body image struggles digital sexism and the erasure of diverse identities.