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We Are the Slop
“Why look good without getting a selfie; why go out without uploading an Instagram Story?” writes Freya India. (Illustration by The Free Press)
They say my generation is wasting our lives watching mindless entertainment. But it’s worse than that: We’re not just consuming slop—we’re turning our own lives into it.
By Freya India
10.27.25 — Culture and Ideas
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They say my generation is wasting our lives watching mindless entertainment. But I think things are worse than that. We are now turning our lives into mindless entertainment. Not just consuming slop, but becoming it.

We have been posting about our lives for a long time. But now I notice something else, something more than a compulsion to capture and shar…

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Freya India
Freya India is a contributing writer at The Free Press. She is also author of the new book, GIRLS®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything.
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