{"podcast":{"title":"The Next Generation","slug":"the-next-generation-7040486","podcast_index_feed_id":7040486,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/107851968/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://substack.com/@elliotbewick","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44111306/44111306-1753996735676-ffcbc51019e73.jpg","author":"Elliot Bewick","episode_count":113,"summary":"20 year old. I talk to anyone and everyone. The Next Generation is a place to be exposed to different opinions, learn lessons from the past & search your way to a meaningful and fulfilled life...","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T20:18:14.542561+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-generation-7040486"},"episode":{"title":"How Gen Z Girls Were Turned Into Objects - Freya India | #78","slug":"how-gen-z-girls-were-turned-into-objects-freya-india-78","published_at":"2026-05-10T17:00:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-generation-7040486/how-gen-z-girls-were-turned-into-objects-freya-india-78","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-generation-7040486","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elliot-bewick/episodes/How-Gen-Z-Girls-Were-Turned-Into-Objects---Freya-India--78-e3j5m0t","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7901339112.mp3","summary":"Are girls’ standards too high or too low? Has growing up with p*rn damaged us? How can we even know what’s normal in a relationship? I welcome back Gen Z writer Freya India to discuss these questions and more. Is our generation cooked or are things starting to turn around? Freya’s book, ‘GIRLS®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything’, is out now! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250442222/ Freya’s Substack: https://www.freyaindia.co.uk/ Try Jamie AI and use my code ELLIOT to get 20% off: https://www.jamie-ai.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00 Girls have transformed from people into products 00:58 Freya’s experience growing up 02:54 Is this phenomenon unique? 08:54 How normal is cheating? 12:00 Gen Z don’t have language for what they’re going through 14:45 Shouldn’t liberal girls hate being commercialised? 17:33 Influencers are way more extreme than ever before 22:32 How can you tell which influencers to trust? 27:20 Are we over-entertained? 29:21 What’s been the most disturbing secret you’ve uncovered? 31:44 Growing up with p*rn 38:11 Elliot overshares about his p*rn… mishap 41:25 Snapchat trends 42:42 Filters made us feel ugly 48:45 Will there be a Gen Z backlash? 55:55 Our standards are not too high, they’re too low 1:01:16 Reality now reflects social media 1:06:28 What’s been the reaction to your book? 1:10:21 The most harrowing thing to write about 1:12:26 Social media is turning everyone into teenage girls 1:14:42 Women use brashness as a defence mechanism 1:17:55 We can’t handle imperfect 1:21:53 What would be your advice to a 10 year old girl? 1:24:25 Which emotions should we lean into? 1:26:58 What’s next? ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION: In a world saturated by social media and marked by skyrocketing rates of anxiety, depression, and ADHD among Gen Z, young people are growi…","meta_description":"Are girls’ standards too high or too low? Has growing up with p*rn damaged us? How can we even know what’s normal in a relationship? I welcome back Gen Z…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5287,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-next-generation-7040486/episodes/how-gen-z-girls-were-turned-into-objects-freya-india-78/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-generation-7040486/how-gen-z-girls-were-turned-into-objects-freya-india-78.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}