Maybe Ms. Penny and I have different understandings of the term “self-care,” but I find it baffling that anyone could condemn the concept of being kind instead of cruel to yourself and your body. The self-care advice I’ve encountered is things like “it’s okay to take half an hour for yourself and have a bubble bath, the world won’t end,” “you’ll feel better physically and psychologically if you eat nutritious food, clean your body and change out of your pajamas,” and “if the 24-hour news cycle sends you into a spiral of anxiety, turn off the darn TV.” Hardly the words of an abusive society trying to isolate me.