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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I think the PP belongs to a very specific group who embraced "self-care" in the last decade or so but a very consumerist version of it. Like the Goop (or Jen Hatmaker) version of self-care where it's mostly about looking good and then projecting a semi-spiritual image on social media.

Real self-care is not about projecting an image and getting a massage can of course be part of that. I can't afford them regularly but I get them when I can and also have a massager at home that I can use on my feet and legs and shoulders that can help relax me. Self-care has never been about anti-aging treatments, getting my hair done, or buying new clothes for me. That's something else.[/quote]

This, exactly. The Jens and Gwens have made their millions by selling products and experiences that are meant as an escape from life and/or “what women deserve for having to put up with their everyday relationships and tasks”... A better version of self-care (as likely found on an inspirational poster somewhere) would be actually living a life that you don’t feel the need to regularly escape or recovery from. Nice things and experiences can definitely be a part of both, but if life is just suffer suffer suffer pamper suffer pamper suffer suffer pamper” then the whole structure needs an overhaul, not just a vacation or new skincare system.[/quote]

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