The Trap of Self-Love in the Age of Likes

Do you remember when they told us that we should love each other as we were? That we should accept our stretch marks, the bulging abdomen, the grays, the shiners, the emotions. That mental health was worth more than appearance and that our body was an instrument, not an ornament. Many of us breathe relieved. Finally, a narrative that did not hurt, that offered a break between so much demand.But something changed when that discourse began to gene…