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"Wellness is mainly marketed to women. We’re encouraged to eat clean, take
personal responsibility for our well-being, happiness and life. These are the
hallmarks of a strong, independent woman in 2022.
But on the eve of International Women’s Day, let’s look closer at this
neoliberal feminist notion of wellness and personal responsibility – the idea
women’s health and well-being depends on our individual choices.
We argue wellness is not concerned with actual well-being, whatever wellness
“guru” and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow suggests, or influencers say on
Instagram.
Wellness is an industry. It’s also a seductive distraction from what’s really
impacting women’s lives. It glosses over the structural issues undermining
women’s well-being. These issues cannot be fixed by drinking a turmeric latte
or #livingyourbestlife."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
