Eat Thy Neighbor’s Sourdough
The article discusses the impact of social media on young women and the rise of cottage food businesses in America. Freya India highlights how social media has led to a homogenization of beauty standards among girls, while also exploring the complexities of self-image and societal pressures. Meanwhile, the cottage food movement is gaining traction as individuals seek to monetize their baking skills from home, though it faces challenges related to health regulations and competition with commercial bakeries.
- ▪Freya India argues that social media has negatively affected young women's perceptions of beauty.
- ▪The cottage food movement is growing as people sell homemade baked goods to supplement their income.
- ▪There are concerns about the lack of regulation and oversight for cottage food producers compared to commercial bakeries.
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| Original publisher | The Free Press (Substack) |
| Canonical URL | https://www.thefp.com/p/eat-thy-neighbors-sourdough |
| Publication time | Fri, 22 May 2026 20:01:11 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-22T20:07:02.919Z |
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Eat Thy Neighbor’s Sourdough“One tragedy of social media is girls not seeing their unique beauty and all starting to look the same,” says Freya India. (Illustration by The Free Press; images via Getty and Freya India)I went deep into the world of ‘cottage food.’ Plus: A conversation with Freya India about how the internet ruined girlhood—and if we can ever get it back.By Suzy Weiss05.22.26 — Second ThoughtFOLLOW COLUMN --:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narration1“One tragedy of social media is girls not seeing their unique beauty and all starting to look the same.” So says Freya India, one of our newest Free Press columnists, and the author of the brand-new book Girls®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything.
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