Episode 35: Self Care w/ Hyperlink

This week on Commune College, Hyperlink talks about the neoliberal commodification of self-care! What if taking care of ourselves wasn't just a multi million dollar industry and we were both queer 😳

Sources:

- https://reallifemag.com/immaterial-girls/
- https://socialistrevolution.org/self-improvement-and-self-care-survival-tactics-of-late-capitalism/
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/21/self-care-radical-feminist-idea-mass-market
- https://self-compassion.org/test-how-self-compassionate-you-are/
- https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/best-self-care-gifts
- https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/self-care-gift-guide-for-the-person-who-does-it-all
- https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/audre-lorde-thought-self-care-act-political-warfare
- https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-politics-of-selfcare
- https://www.onewomanproject.org/blog/self-care
- Authentic TM by Sarah Banet-Weiser (primarily intro + chapter 1)
- Banet-Weiser, Sarah; ‘Free Self-Esteem Tools?’ Brand Culture, Gender, and the Dove Real Beauty Campaign. New York; New York University Press, 2012, Pages 39-56