Girls are growing up detached, dissociated, and full of anxiety, thanks to the internet
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of the internet and social media on the mental health of young women and girls, featuring insights from Freya India's book on the subject.
Young women and girls are growing up more depressed, anxious, lonely, and insecure than ever before. Writer, Freya India, seeks to explain why in her new book, "Girls: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything," finding explanations in social media, porn, and lives lived online, filtered into oblivion. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Freya about how porn, apps like Snapchat, Facetune, dating apps, and therapy culture are making Gen Z girls neurotic, insecure, afraid of life, and disassociated. The Same Drugs is on X @thesamedrugs_ . Meghan Murphy is on X @meghanemurphy and on Instagram…
People in this episode
Host: Meghan Murphy
Guest: Freya India
Topics covered
- mental health
- Gen Z
- social media
- anxiety
- pornography
- dissociation
Keywords
- Gen Z girls
- anxiety
- depression
- social media
- dissociation
- mental health
- pornography
- Snapchat
- Facetune
- dating apps
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Girls: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything
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