The Broke Generation How diet culture and beauty standards stole our financial confidence. With Victoria Shakeshaft
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Aug 24, 2022 Victoria Shakeshaft, aka @bad.bitch.money, is a financial counsellor and content creator passionate about destigmatizing financial struggles. She dives into how diet culture and beauty standards undermine women's financial confidence, linking self-worth to money management. Victoria sheds light on the influence of societal pressures on spending habits and critiques the consumerism driven by billion-dollar industries. The discussion also emphasizes the importance of redefining personal goals and finding joy in fitness rather than focusing solely on appearances.
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High-Maintenance Early-20s Spending
- Victoria saved aggressively but spent heavily on maintaining a polished retail-worker image.
- She paid premium prices for hair, nails, makeup and accessories to fit in at work.
Eating Disorder Cost Beyond Money
- Victoria Shakeshaft developed an eating disorder in her mid-20s and spent money to fuel it.
- She lost relationships and prioritised the disorder ahead of people and finances.
Beauty And Diet Culture Collude
- Beauty standards and diet culture collude to present appearance as a series of problems to solve.
- Victoria warns diet culture causes deeper, longer-term harms than shifting beauty trends.