Since I was a teenager, I've been told that I always look like I'm angry or displeased about something, even when I'm not. I have been told this by work colleagues. I have been told this by family members. I was told this by my boyfriend, who said that when we first met he didn't want to talk to me out of fear that I would "bite [his] dick off" if he came near me.
For years, I didn't know why people saw me this way, because it seemed so fundamentally different to how I saw myself. I'd always considered myself a fairly awkward and
ungainly person, not some ice princess who made men's erections wither whenever they walked by.
I knew exactly what it was, I knew I had it — and I knew exactly why.as "Bitchy Resting Face," the condition has taken up residence in our cultural lexicon and been used to describe celebrities such as Kristen Stewart, Anna Paquin and Victoria Beckham. The New York Times recently devoted a trend piece to the phenomenon, describing it thusly: "RBF is a face that, when at ease, is perceived as angry, irritated or simply... expressionless."
The New York Times suggests that the perpetual frown is caused by the gravity that comes with aging. But RBF is arguably more about social convention — and which expressions go against it.