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“We immediately identity categorize, diagnose, and try to control every emotion. Opening it up, it turns out, has closed down our language, reducing complicated feelings to medical labels…We are so determined to destigmatize mental health issues that we've started to stigmatize being human, having human reactions to things.”

“Even if they do help some girls, SSRIs still come with serious risks”

all medications have side effects, are we seriously using this section to vilify therapy and medication?????

"Instead of totally depending on men, many of us now fear and resent all men"

ummm yeah, because sure not all men but yes ANY man.......

maybe i'm reading too far into it but i'm not loving the vibes at this moment.

the dedication page being "To Evan, who showed me I was worth more" already has me a little icked

Such a good introduction speaking to the great harm social media has had on girls since it was born. Interested to see how the rest of the book is and since I grew up with the beginnings and rise of socials, seeing the negative effects , how familiar and relatable her overall thesis; is even thus far.