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Zoom-In is The Devil

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Laura Rubin
Feb 15, 2024
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Here’s a pro tip for increasing your quality of life from your demi-elder buddy: don’t zoom in. 

Culture already has women wired for perfectionism when it comes to their appearance. Zooming-in makes it possible for us to be ultra-critical of ourselves to a degree that is punishingly unreasonable.  

Just ask Susan Sontag who offered this apt observation in…

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