The toxic culture of ‘glow up’
I am 100 percent certain if I take anyone’s phone, and browse through any social media plateform wether it is instagram, TikTok or YouTube, I am sure that I will find videos popping up on “how to glow up”. In fact, this theme is present in both gender’s formats, wether it is that finance bro with a red pill alpha podcast telling you to wake up at 4am to take cold showers and work on your drop shipping business or that overly aesthetic girlie that suggests you to make 3 different iced coffee mixes at 6am, ice your face, start journaling, use a 100 step skincare routine etc… A concept such as glow up, has become so marketed towards young audiences, making you believe that you have to buy in order to have a transformation. While some stuff may be useful, like a solid skincare routine with no more than 3 steps at most 5, or a nice journal, or a cute coffee mug that makes you excited for the next day, the majority of the other things are just add ons to feed into our...