I'm just hearing the phrase "self care" used as a trend/meme/"thing" (I thought it was just an ordinary phrase). What's it about? ELI5
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in theory it's about making your own well-being a priority, often in a put-on-your-own-oxygen-mask-first kind of way
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in practice, it's about buying certain things #treatyoself and broadcasting it via Instagram aesthetic.
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some theories about generational differences, why people turned it up to 11 now, etc npr.org/2017/06/04/531
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I noticed that Williamsburg BK (hipster gentrification capital of universe, etc) is getting place called "Treatfull: Self-care Studio" 🙄
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seems that it is, bc women seem to need (or think they need) self-care bc they tend to "give" too much to others even at a personal cost
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IMO main problem is the rhetoric wants to have it all. self-care bc you deserve it, and also bc instrumentally valuable
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