The Wanting

The Wanting

Is Social Media Just a Dystopian QVC? (Because It Sure Feels Like It.)

I can't sell my soul, not yet, at least.

Jessica Kantor
Dec 04, 2025
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Lately, every time I open social media, it feels like a dystopian QVC channel.
A conveyor belt of strangers staring straight into my soul to tell me about the thing I absolutely must buy: a hair straightener, a magnesium gummy, an eye cream, a Korean pore vacuum that literally shows you what was inside their face.

I never asked to know that.

And the wildes…

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