Resting bitch face

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Jessica Bennett described shock at recognizing this photo showed her 'resting bitch face'.[1]

Resting bitch face is a term used to describe a facial expression captured when a person is unaware that they are being photographed, that other people describe as "angry".[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Jessica Bennett described the phenomenon in article on August 1, 2015, in the New York Times.[1] She listed actors Anna Kendrick, Anna Paquin, January Jones, Kristen Stewart, and fashion designer Victoria Beckham as celebrities who had been caught in candid snapshots that were characterized as instances of "resting bitch face".[2][7]

In a 2013 year end round-up of newly popular words and phrases New York Times writer Grant Barrett asserted the phrase dates back "at least ten years".[8]

Country singer Kacey Musgraves, who has also been described showing resting bitch face, offered 17 alternate phrases she felt were more fair.[9]

Kanye West is a rare instance of a man described as showing resting bitch face.[1][10]

On May 22, 2013, the comedy Broken People released a faux public service announcement, warning about the dangers of "bitchy resting face".[1][11]

Justin Farell Alamar recorded a song about the phenomenon, on July 16, 2015.

Chloé Hogg, in a 2014 article in the journal Philological Quarterly, asserted that the phenomenon was not new, and offered Hyacinthe Rigaud's portrait of Louis XIV depicting his "bitchy resting face".[12]

In 2015 CBS News reported that some plastic surgeons were proposing plastic surgery to deal with women with RBF.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jessica Bennett (2015-08-01). "I’m Not Mad. That’s Just My RBF.". New York Times. p. ST9. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905131731/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/fashion/im-not-mad-thats-just-my-resting-b-face.html. Retrieved 2015-08-02. "In that moment, I joined the ranks of a tribe of women who suffer from the scourge known as “resting bitch face” or, increasingly, just RBF." 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stephanie Shi (2015-06-04). "13 Struggles Only Women With Resting Bitch Face Understand". Cosmopolitan magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20150930054623/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a41460/struggles-women-with-resting-bitch-face-understand/. Retrieved 2015-08-02. 
  3. ↑ "Why Bitchy Resting Face IS a real phenomenon: Experts reveal why women DO look sad or angry for no reason (and what you can do about it)". Daily Mail. 2015-07-02. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2353937/Why-Bitchy-Resting-Face-IS-real-phenomenon-Experts-reveal-women-DO-look-sad-angry-reason.html. Retrieved 2015-08-06. "Bitchy Resting Face, when a woman looks 'thoughtfully sad or angry for no reason,' has been confirmed by experts as a very real phenomenon." 
  4. ↑ Glynis Sweeny (2015-09-19). "The Pseudo Scourge of 'Resting Bitch Face': From RBF to presidential politics, women’s mugs are in sharp focus.". Alternet. Archived from the original on 2015-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20151112085305/http://www.alternet.org/gender/pseudo-scourge-resting-bitch-face. "An Internet meme derived from a mock Public Service Announcement called “Bitchy Resting Face” and subject of a recent New York Times article, RBF is variably defined as the relaxed, default expression on the face of an affected individual that conveys a look of bitchiness or anger, often the person is considered judgemental and mean." 
  5. ↑ Rene Paulson (2015-09-06). "Women with “resting bitch face” are actually better communicators". Quartz magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20150907120145/http://qz.com/495771/women-with-resting-bitch-face-are-actually-better-communicators/. Retrieved 2015-11-12. "Research has shown that people rely heavily on facial expressions and body language. Psychologist Albert Mehrabian, of the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted famous studies in the 1960s that found that interpreting someone’s communication is based mostly on nonverbal cues, like facial expression, body language and tone. Women confronted by a world that automatically attaches negative attributes to their non-smiling face must quickly learn how to communicate and also hone a finely-tuned awareness of both our own emotions and the emotions of those around us." 
  6. ↑ Lara Parker (2014-11-09). "22 Things That Only Happen To People Who Have Resting Bitchface". Buzzfeed. Archived from the original on 2015-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20141110023332/http://www.buzzfeed.com/laraparker/things-that-only-happen-to-people-who-have-resting-bitch. Retrieved 2015-08-02. 
  7. ↑ Zach Johnson (2015-08-04). "Kristen Stewart Responds to Accusations That She Suffers From Resting Bitch Face: "I Actually Smile a Lot!"". E Online. Archived from the original on 2015-11-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20151111180056/http://www.eonline.com/news/682992/kristen-stewart-responds-to-accusations-that-she-suffers-from-resting-bitch-face-i-actually-smile-a-lot. Retrieved 2015-08-06. "Kristen Stewart may not have a permanent grin on her face, à la Tom Cruise on a worldwide promo tour, but the actress doesn't suffer from resting bitch face, either. In fact, Stewart is tired of people assuming she's always unhappy. "The whole smiling thing is weird because I actually smile a lot," the actress admitted. "I literally want to be like, 'Dude, you would think I was cool if you got to know me.'"" 
  8. ↑ Grant Barrett (2013-12-22). "A Wordnado of Words in 2013". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20150418092139/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/opinion/sunday/a-wordnado-of-words-in-2013.html. Retrieved 2015-08-02. "Dating back at least 10 years as a described concept but popularized in 2013 by a video made by the group Broken People." 
  9. ↑ Kelley Dunlop (2015-06-23). "17 More Accurate Names For Resting Bitchface". Buzzfeed. Archived from the original on 2015-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20151107220020/http://www.buzzfeed.com/kelleydunlap/kacey-musgraves-resting-bitch-face#.uj0w7Kqpv. Retrieved 2015-08-02. 
  10. ↑ Kaitlyn Laurie (2015-07-08). "Poster People for Resting Bitch Face Kristen Stewart and Kanye West Hung Out in Paris Last Night". Celebuzz. Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805132849/http://www.celebuzz.com/2015-07-08/kristen-stewart-kanye-west-hung-out-paris-resting-bitch-face-photo/. Retrieved 2015-08-02. 
  11. ↑ "Bitchy resting face". Broken People. 2013-05-22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v98CPXNiSk. Retrieved 2015-08-02. 
  12. ↑ Chloé Hogg (Winter 2014). Subject of Passions: Charles Le Brun and the Emotions of Absolutism. Philological Quarterly. pp. 65-94. Archived from the original on 2015-11-11. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fopenview%2F1c21559c9442a1776b13020a3db72023%2F1%3Fpq-origsite%3Dgscholar&date=2015-11-11. Retrieved 2015-08-02. "Hyacinthe Rigaud's famous portrait of Louis XIV depicts the absolute monarch's absolute physiognomic control as part of the attributes of royalty-what I'm tempted to call, in contemporary emotional parlance, Louis XIV's "bitchy resting face".". 
  13. ↑ "Seen At 11: A Cosmetic Cure For ‘Resting Bitch Face’". CBS News. 2015-10-26. Archived from the original on 2015-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20151027161401/http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/10/26/resting-bitch-face-cosmetic-treatment. Retrieved 2015-11-12. 
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