At first, AI couldn’t generate images that were realistic enough to be taken seriously. Now it can make images and videos of people that look more real by the day.

Nina Lee, award-winning filmmaker and creator of The Girls Room and Sorry About That, recently posted a thread on X (formerly Twitter) where she revealed that the sale of two of her romance film projects depends on how well the new romantic comedy film You, Me & Tuscany does in theaters. She said in the thread, “A film that has nothing to do with me could quite literally change my life.”

Trigger Warning: brief mentions of SkinnyTok, thinness, assault, restricting food, dieting, body image, and referenced articles mention eating disorders The standard of beauty is always changing. One minute, everyone wants to be thin, then they want a Brazilian butt lift. One minute it’s body positivity, the next it’s #SkinnyTok. From childhood, women are constantly made aware of their physical appearance. We’re told what food to eat or avoid so we don’t gain weight. We’re told to be pretty...