Obsidian Sync 2024-11-18 22:44:51

content/daily-notes/2024-11-18.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Yet another lovely read from Chris Arnade. Yet another antidote to the Japan slo
 > In the official diagnostic manuals, categories such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or generalised anxiety disorder come with stringent criteria for applying the diagnosis. The view taken by clinicians is usually not so rigid. Instead, these categories are often understood as prototypical: they are based on the _typical_ or _illustrative_ example of a mental health problem from which real-world presentations will often deviate. From this perspective, a diagnosis is a ‘best fit’ match between someone’s experiences and a prototype, which represents the most specific or notable features of a condition.
 
 #### Self Care and the Beauty Industry
-Jessica DeFino is back again to eviscerate the beauty industry and their shenanigans
+Jessica DeFino is back again to eviscerate the beauty industry and their shenanigans: [Post-Election, Beware 'Self-Care'](https://jessicadefino.substack.com/p/2024-self-care-boom-trump)
 
 > “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence,” Audre Lorde wrote in her 1988 essay collection, _A Burst of Light._ “It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
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 > I can’t say what Lorde would make of the surface-level “self-care” the beauty and wellness industries promote today, since it only rose to popularity in 2016. Following the (first) election of U.S. President Donald Trump, activists circulated the above quote from Lorde to emphasize the importance of tending to one’s needs in times of political upheaval. Cosmetic companies slyly swapped the word “self” for “skin”. Customers ate it up — of _course_ Lorde meant collagen levels when she preached about preservation! — because people were tired, and applying eye cream is easier than engaging in political action.
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 > Over the next year, skincare became the fastest growing market in beauty, amassing $5.6 billion in sales and totaling 45% of the industry’s growth. And over the next eight years, every failure of care by the government created another opportunity for Big Beauty to expand the reach of its narrowing standards, all under the banner of wellness.
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+#### Bihar's Daugh