How Girlhood Became a Product
6/14/202612 min
Freya India argues that technology, social media, and modern consumer culture have transformed girls from people into products—and turned nearly every aspect of adolescence into something to be bought, sold, measured, and monetized. India joins the show to discuss the problems facing her generation of young women, and what can be done about it. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.- - -Ep. 2840- - -Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3- - -Today's Sponsors:Fabletics - Shop now at Fabletics.com/wire to get 70- 80% off everything when you sign up as a new VIP.Fast Growing Trees - Visit https://FastGrowingTrees.com to get 20% off your first purchase when using the code WIRE at checkout.- - -Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacymorning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Freya India· Guest0:29
[upbeat music] We have had our families break down. We've, we don't know our neighbors, we don't have communities. So we don't have any of these anchors, and that is why I think when the social media platforms came in, they really destroyed young women because they offered substitutes and simulations of these things that we didn't have in the first place.
Speaker 20:54
That was author Freya India discussing her new book, Girls: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything. India argues that the deeper story is how technology, social media, and modern consumer culture have transformed girls from people into products and turned nearly every aspect of adolescence into something to be bought, sold, measured, and monetized.
Georgia Howe· Host1:15
Freya joins the podcast today to discuss her new book and the broader issues facing girls today. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley, and this is a weekend episode of Morning Wire. [upbeat music] Morning walks, coffee runs, beach