Obsidian Sync 2024-11-18 22:36:20

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@@ -37,4 +37,12 @@ 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 to eviscerate the beauty industry
+Jessica DeFino is back again to eviscerate the beauty industry and their shenanigans
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+> “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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+> If the activist were alive today, she would hardly recognize the concept of self-care, and we would hardly recognize her.
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+> Consider: Her forehead would be wrinkle-free — a placid, paralytic approximation of youth — courtesy of Botox. Her frown lines would be filled with a smidge of injectable Juvéderm, and her eyes would appear wide and awake; perhaps from a blepharoplasty, perhaps from a syringe of filler to the tear troughs.
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+This time specifically, she is writing about the origins of the phenomena when "sk"