insecurities

As someone who has been plagued by insecurities over my appearance for as long as I can remember, there is something reassuring about being shown pictures of myself from my early 20s.

Noah Kass, a therapist based in New York City, told me that the current dating crisis wasn’t created by big tech companies per se, but he thinks that “they are exploiting people’s insecurities and self-esteem, feeding into an addictive, gamified culture within a capitalist, winner-takes-all society.”

An unabashed showman, Trump plugged into the digital age, connecting the vitriol of social media to the insecurities and fears of a working class that felt angry and betrayed by liberalism and a changing global economic order.

We have all heard much about the male loneliness crisis, and how masculinity grifters like Andrew Tate, Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson exploit their audience's gender insecurities to sell them snake oil and right-wing politics.

Gay instantly became the show’s breakout star — the smart, self-aware and hyper-relatable one who was quick to share her insecurities or crack a self-deprecating joke.