The Self-Care Myth

Layla Bates
Nov 1 · 4 min read

Self-care has been commodified and sold back to us at a profit. Don’t fall for it.

The concept of self-care has bloomed in the last couple of years. While the idea of looking after our essential human needs is nothing new, the self-care craze has taken this idea and commercialised it for the consumerist masses. Self-care is now an industry in itself.

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Layla Bates

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