Meatfluencers. Lookmaxxers. ‘Unapproachable makeup.’ Digital trends move too fast for my aging millennial heart. Thankfully I have students to explain them to me.
As a Gen x middle school teacher, I often have no idea what my students are talking about, but they explain it to me. Remembering life in my 20s, I can definitely see the appeal of unapproachable makeup.
Looksmaxxing is so funny to me. Girls and women have been obsessing over how to look better for generations (5 exercises for a bigger but, How to pick a swimsuit for your body shape, the entire make up industry) but as soon as men start trying to do the same thing it gets a special term and is news worthy.
As a Gen x middle school teacher, I often have no idea what my students are talking about, but they explain it to me. Remembering life in my 20s, I can definitely see the appeal of unapproachable makeup.
Looksmaxxing is so funny to me. Girls and women have been obsessing over how to look better for generations (5 exercises for a bigger but, How to pick a swimsuit for your body shape, the entire make up industry) but as soon as men start trying to do the same thing it gets a special term and is news worthy.
This is the very first article from Jessica Bennett that I have ever read. Already a fan.