Tag: desi girl self-esteem

Somewhere between “be yourself” and “build your brand,”we were taught to monetize our identity.Suddenly, your quirks became content.Your sadness became aesthetic.Your every opinion had to be “on brand.” You’re not just a person anymore.You’re a potential niche.And if you’re not optimizing yourself for visibility,it feels like you’re wasting your potential. So we ask:Am I falling behind—or just refusing to be a product? “I Don’t Want to Be a Product, But I Don’t Know Who I Am Without Performing” What happens when self-expression starts to feel like survival?When everything you post is a calculation—every word, every outfit, every emotion crafted for perception? You weren’t always this way.There was a time when…

The Quiet Confidence Crisis No One Talks About We scroll, we save, we double-tap.And somewhere in that cycle, we start to wonder:Am I building a life I want—or just becoming a girl the internet might applaud? “Social media didn’t make me insecure. It just taught me to measure my worth in views, not values.” The algorithm doesn’t reward integrity.It rewards visibility. Volume. Aesthetic.We begin trading in our quiet power for louder projections of confidence.You could be grounded, smart, self-aware—and still feel like you’re not enoughbecause your healing isn’t “main character” enough for a reel. “We think we’re not confident enough to be creators. Maybe we’re just too honest to pretend…