(Vox) – “Glow up” challenges were all over my feed. So I tried one.

Through my steadily more depressing TikTok algorithm, I learned that the worst thing you can do in life is let yourself get fat, and the second worst thing you can do is not spend every second of your day and every dollar of your money trying not to be fat. I learned that if you lose even a small amount of weight you will be consumed by a desire to shop for new clothes so powerful you forget everything you told yourself about trying to “be better about not buying fast fashion.” (Read More)