There Is No "Choice" In Wellness Culture

Over and over again, industries built on pyscosocial manipulation sell us our own insecurities as empowerment choices.

This image raises many social and artistic questions, largest of all, why does the author look like a Bitmoji if the other woman is supposed to be the one with more cosmetic enhancements? Most people are not stupid. Most people know that the makeup industry, the diet industry, the cosmetic surgery industry were created to prey on our insecurities and sell us a product in return. This is hardly controversial. Most people are not malicious. Most people know that when we buy these products and use them we have not committed some sort of grand political failing for wanting to be accepted,…

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