I see myself as both a perpetrator and a victim of the things that motivated me at the time, like diet culture, narrow beauty standards, and peddling the party-girl dream to make everyone want to join my proverbial team. I try to see it both ways, because when we criticize social media, we’re quick to blame the “highlight reel” or the women showing their bodies or their fitness routines or what they eat in a day. Just like we’re quick to blame the women who peddle wet leggings with holes in them or predatory essential oils who were told it was the secret to changing their lives. But we’re
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