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.
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?
ReplyDeleteI 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.
DeleteIf 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.