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The Self-Care Industrial Complex Is Gaslighting Moms

Fiordaliso/Moment/Getty ImagesA $300 red light therapy mask so I look less bedraggled, a weekend-long reading retreat at an all-inclusive resort, a fitness wearable that tracks my sleep and gives me AI-generated insights on how to optimize it — as a mom, it feels like everything marketed to me acknowledges that I’m probably burnt out, before placing the responsibility for fixing it squarely on my shoulders. Didn’t we just establish that I’m f*cking exhausted?The global wellness industry — which includes everything from personal care products to mental wellness tourism, like retreats — generate...

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