About this episode

The episode discusses the shift in social media from authenticity to performance and the resulting feelings of loneliness and exhaustion.

Something has shifted. I don't know exactly when it happened, and it wasn't one moment. It was more like a slow accumulation, small disappointments that added up to something much bigger. Social media used to feel like a peek into someone's real life. Somewhere along the way, it started feeling like performance, like everyone, myself included, was packaging themselves. The more polished it got, the lonelier I felt. And underneath all of that exhaustion and skepticism, there's this quiet cravi...

People in this episode

Host: Shawnna Stiver

Topics covered

• social media
• self-identity
• performance
• loneliness
• authenticity

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