Feature interview: Is teenage angst being exploited for profit?

It's never been easy to be a teenage girl. Emotions are intense, and social pressure is even worse. Girls haven't changed, but the world has. Today, adolescence is also public, shaped by social media, sexual pressure, and a constant sense of being watched and judged says Freya India, a Gen Z writer with a Substack called GIRLS. She says girls today are curating their lives on Instagram, marketing themselves on dating apps, and turning their identities into personal brands. She explores the ways girls have become products instead of people and how natural teenage angst is being exploited for profit, leading to a cycle of disconnection and dissatisfaction. Her new book is called GIRLS®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything