If feminist news was the nucleus of “lady blogs” a decade ago, wellness takes its place today. Edison Research recently identified the two topics most interesting to female podcast listeners: self-care and mental health.
Given how much craziness one encounters with "wellness" -- especially "self-care" and popular discussions of mental health -- I don't know if this is an improvement. It is, however, a significant change.
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Is it though? I think back to the era of magazines, and the popular magazines aimed at women tended towards the self (health and appearance), relationships, and gossip. What's different?
I think that obsession with ‘the self’ is definitely what concerns me about the current situation. The famous BBC documentary series “The Century of the Self” shows how the inward-looking focus can be very destabilizing.
If this is an intensifying of that, it’s not great. It’s definitely a big change, though: even if ‘the personal is political,’ at least part of that is outside you.
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