Ava · bookbear express · 2021
Effort
People like to say that lives on social media look unattainable and perfect, but whenever I see something that’s beautifully curated all I can see is the sweat: the money expended, the surgery and fillers, the workouts, the interior designers, the carefully selected objects, the.
Why we picked it
Seeing visible polish as accumulated money, labour, and bodily work punctures the effortless illusion created by curated social media.
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