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Your Personality Is Not a Disorder: Social Media, Girls and Gen Z, with Freya India
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- May 7, 2026
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Summary
Today on Ask a Jew, we’re joined by writer Freya India , author of Girls: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything , to talk about what growing up as a girl looks like in the age of Instagram, how we are all carrying generational trauma from Eve, and why not everything in your life is a problem to be fixed. Turns out we’re all just 13-year-old girls! Now go buy the book. Do you know you can watch this episode on YouTube? Well, you can! We also get into why social media can feel like a “rumination machine” for anxious girls, how beauty culture and Facetune turn teenagers into products, and why every normal feeling is suddenly language‑ified into a “disorder,” a “trauma,” or a “healing journey.” We also talk about what boys are seeing online, the rise of “looksmaxxing,” and whether anyone knows how to have a normal relationship anymore. If you’re a parent, a millennial/Gen X woman looking at Gen Z with horror, or a Gen Z girl trying to make sense of your own feed, this one is for you. Also: * Will the allure beauty box change your life? * We are all just 13 year old girls * Social media escalaes every trend o the extreme * Not everything needs to be solved * Is therapy a scam? * We’re all trying to gain control * social media is a rumination machine * Beware of therapy talk * Feeling anxious? you’re probably normal * The stories we tell ourselves * We all have generational trauma from Eve * You think you need therapy? Go live in Somalia! * Freya is so pretty * Is every personality trait is a problem? * We don’t care about your healing journeys This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askajew.substack.com/subscribe