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That insult may or may not be true, but Los Angeles is also a very real place where working people live, people whose lives and livelihoods (and, yes, self-images, because one thing this city has always understood is that images are also actualities) have now been violently upended.
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Matthew Specktor, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
After decades of morally simplistic cowboys-and-Indians movies that reinforced the intrepid self-image of a rising world power, revisionist westerns proliferated during the Vietnam War, critiquing the violence of white imperialism.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
One of the 12 traits of a narcissist, this need for admiration fuels the boss’ drive for recognition—and not just any recognition, but the kind that feeds their self-image as exceptional.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Opening up about her first experience with negative body image, the 22-year-old musician shared in a cover story interview with Complex on Thursday, Dec. 5 that her obsession with Brandy Melville as a kid heavily impacted her self-image.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Specktor, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
After decades of morally simplistic cowboys-and-Indians movies that reinforced the intrepid self-image of a rising world power, revisionist westerns proliferated during the Vietnam War, critiquing the violence of white imperialism.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
One of the 12 traits of a narcissist, this need for admiration fuels the boss’ drive for recognition—and not just any recognition, but the kind that feeds their self-image as exceptional.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Opening up about her first experience with negative body image, the 22-year-old musician shared in a cover story interview with Complex on Thursday, Dec. 5 that her obsession with Brandy Melville as a kid heavily impacted her self-image.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Self-image.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-image. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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self-image
noun
self-im·age
-ˈim-ij 
: one's conception of oneself or of one's role
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