Using TikTok as a Mirror Could Wreck Your Self-Esteem
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As part of a viral trend, TikTokers are crowdsourcing tips on how to be more attractive. Olivia Brooke Sally is a former pageant participant with insight into how soliciting feedback on one's appearance can have a negative toll on a person's mental health. "Whatever you allow to become your identity you will allow to have power over you.” Read her essay at YR Media.