'Usizi luphawu lweTikTok'

Iimagazini zobuhle zakha zafundisa abafundi indlela yokusebenzisa izimonyo ukuze bafihle isijwili samva nje sokulila.Kodwa ngoku, enyeTikTokumkhwa uyasikhuthaza ukuba siwamkele loo mehlo anenkungu kunye neempumlo ezirozi."I-makeup ekhalayo," kubonakala ngathi ingaphakathi.

Kwikliphu efumene ukuthandwa okungaphezulu kwe-507,000, umenzi womxholo oseBoston u-Zoe Kim Kenealy ubonelela ngesifundo "kumantombazana angazinzanga" ukufezekisa inkangeleko yokulila okutsha nokuba "awukho kwimeko yokulila".

Uqala ngeglowusi yeglosi "laa mlomo ukhukhumeleyo, uthambileyo", emva koko uswayipha isithunzi esibomvu sijikeleze amehlo, kwaye ekugqibeleni uyasebenza.i-eyeliner ekhazimlayobujikeleze ubuso bakhe "bukhanye".“Ndifuna ukubonakala ngathi ndiyakhala ngalo lonke ixesha,” utshilo omnye umbukeli.Omnye wabhala wathi: “Ndiziva mnandi emva kokuba ndilile.“Andazi ukuba yimivimbo yamehlo okanye impumlo ebomvu na.

UKenealy, oneminyaka engama-26 ubudala kwaye unabalandeli beTikTok abali-119,000, uxelele uMgcini-ntsapho ukuba ukhuthazwe ziindlela ezimbini zokuhombisa zasempuma Asia: uDouyin no-Ulzzang.Zombini ezi ntlobo zibandakanya inani elaneleyo le-blush, i-glitter kunye nokugqamisa indawo engaphantsi kwamehlo ukwenzela umphumo we-cherubic jikelele.

“Kukhuthazwa kukuqhwanyaza kweliso lakho okufumanayo emva kokuba ulile,” watsho uKenealy.Ugxininisa inkangeleko nje yobuhle, hayi ukunganyaniseki."Abantu - uninzi lwamadoda - bebegqabaza 'u-Amber Heard' kwividiyo yam," utshilo, ebhekisa kwisihlwele sabalandeli bakaJohnny Depp TikTok abakholelwa ukuba owayesakuba ngumfazi wakhe wamanga-wakhala kwisigxina malunga nokuxhatshazwa kwakhe.“Yinkangeleko yokuthambisa endingenakuyinxiba ngaphandle.Ayenzelwanga ukuqhatha nabani na.”

Usizi, okanye ubuncinci ukusebenza kwayo, kugcwele iTikTok-mhlawumbi kuba ikumhlaba wokwenyani, nawo.Kuvoto loLutsha lwaseHarvard lwango-2021, ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sabantu abancinci baseMelika bathi bazive “bephantsi, bedandathekile, okanye bengenathemba” kwezi ntsuku zisixhenxe zidlulileyo.

Kwaye kwixesha leemfazwe zehlabathi, ubuhlanga obuxhaphakileyo, ingxaki yemozulu engalawulekiyo kunye nesithukuthezi esikhulu, imilebe elula ebomvu ayisaneli.Endaweni yoko, iindlela zobuhle ziye zavela ukuze zihambelane nentlupheko yanamhlanje.Kukho i-“dissociative pout”, eyathi i-ID yabiza “i-lobotomy-chic, enamehlo afileyo” kudade omncinci kwimilebe yedada esele idlulile eyayineempembelelo zonyaka ka-2010 kwi-chokehold.Ungayibona inodoli-efana nokuthunyelwa kwi-intanethi ye-Euphoria's breakout waif uChloe Cherry, okanye ukujonga indawo kwi-Instagram ka-Olivia Rodrigo.

Naluphi na uhambo lunokuba yi #SadGirlWalk ukuba umamela uLana Del Rey kwaye ujonge ngolangazelelo umgama.I-hashtag, enemibono engaphezulu kwe-504,000, ibonisa iividiyo zabasetyhini abancinci bejongeka bedangele ngelixa betsala iilati ze-iced kwaye bebonisa iimpahla zabo."Mandikhale kuTaylor Swift ngelixa ndihamba de ndingakwazi kwakhona," omnye umsebenzisi uphawule ngekliphu yabo.

UFredrika Thelandersson, umphandi we-postdoctoral kwizifundo zeendaba kunye nezonxibelelwano kwiYunivesithi yaseLund yaseSweden kunye nombhali wencwadi entsha ye-21st Century Media kunye neMpilo yengqondo yabasetyhini, ufunda iinkcubeko zamantombazana kunye noluntu.

“Kwimeko yangoku, abantu abadumileyo kunye neempawu zifuna ukuba nenyani, zibonakale ziyinyani,” utshilo."Enye indlela yokwenza oku kukuveza uxilongo okanye ukuveza umothuko.Kuyinzuzo ngokwenene ukubonisa uhlobo oluthile lokuba sesichengeni.”

Oku kuhamba ngeTikTok, uThelandersson wachaza, ehlambulula intsingiselo yolwimi lwezonyango kunye nengqondo.“Ukwahlukana luphawu lwePTSD, kwaye ngoku ithathwa njengobuhle,” utshilo."Oku kuthetha kakhulu malunga nendlela abantu abangenzi kakuhle ngayo ngoku kwaye bafuna inkxaso, kwaye imithombo yeendaba yezentlalo iba yindawo apho banokufumana khona into abangayi kuyifumana kwinkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo."

Kwaye kuthekani ukuba umntu wenza usizi lwakhe ngeenyembezi zobuxoki okanye ngobuqhetseba, inkangeleko ekude?

“Mhlawumbi kukwenza iimvakalelo ezilusizi, kodwa kukho umba woluntu xa ufumanisa ukuba abanye abantu baziva ngendlela efanayo, kwaye luhlobo oluthile lokuzibandakanya,” utshilo uThelandersson."Ungayihlekisa loo nto kangangoko ufuna, kodwa kusenethemba ngandlela thile."

UGen Z ayisosizukulwana sokuqala ukufumanisa i-louche enomtsalane-imifanekiso yeGen X efana noFiona Apple, uCourtney Love kunye nongasekhoyo u-Elizabeth Wurtzel bonke benza imisebenzi kuyo ngeminyaka yee-90s.Umbhali u-Emily Gould uye wamenza isiqalo kwibhlog ye-aughts boom, kunye namangeniso acacileyo ahlala ewela kudidi lothando nentiyo.I-Emo idlala njengeParamore kunye neChemical Romance yam eyayilawula iitshathi zomculo zika-2010s, ezinamazwi avumayo kunye nenkangeleko esecaleni ye-swoopy side bangs kunye ne-makeup yamehlo amnyama.

U-Audrey Wollen, umbhali owaqulunqa igama elithi "Ithiyori yentombazana elusizi" ngo-2014, wafumana udumo lwe-intanethi ngesindululo sakhe sokuba ukuba lusizi esidlangalaleni yindlela esemthethweni yoqhanqalazo ngokuchasene nosolusapho (nangona i-archetype kaWollen yentombazana yeTumblr ehlala ihleli kwi-Intanethi yayidla ngokuchazwa kuyo. ube mhlophe, ube mncinci, ube nomtsalane ngokwesiqhelo kwaye ube zizityebi ngokuzimeleyo).

Kodwa ngeli xesha, ukufikelela okukhulu kwe-TikTok (phantse i-1 bhiliyoni yabasebenzisi kumazwe ali-150) kunceda ukusasazeka ngesantya esingazange senzeke ngaphambili."Ndicinga ukuba ezinye zezi zinto zilulutsha olunokufikelela kakhulu kwi-intanethi," utshilo umbhali wobuhle be-InStyle uTamim Alnuweiri.“Xa ndandikwishumi elivisayo, ndaye ndancamathela efestileni intloko yam ndazenza ngathi ndikwividiyo yomculo xa kwakunetha, kodwa inguqulelo yabo yale nto isesidlangalaleni.

UKelly Cutrone, intsomi ye-PR eyaseka i-People's Revolution eqinile kwaye yavela kwiiNduli, isiXeko kunye neModeli ePhakamileyo yaseMelika, wakhe wabhala incwadi yengcebiso ngomsebenzi obizwa ngokuba ukuba kufuneka ulile, Phuma ngaphandle.“Yayifundisa abantu indlela yokujongana neemvakalelo zabo emsebenzini,” utshilo.“Ibuhlungu into yokuba unxunguphalo lube yinto eqhelekileyo.Kodwa ndinomntwana oneminyaka engama-20 ubudala, kwaye abo bantwana batyhubela esihogweni [ngexesha lobhubhani].”

UCutrone waqamba igama lakhe lokuchaza abantwana ababona kwiiklabhu mva nje: "uthando lwasebusuku".Cinga "i-zombie dark angel vibes: abantwana abahamba ze abajongeka bexakile, ngezi zinto zingaqhelekanga, zijongileyo".

"Zizidalwa zasebusuku", wongeze watsho uCutrone, ekhupha uJulia Fox, isithandwa sefashoni yedoe ehlala ibonwa izulazula kwizitrato zaseNew York ngeejini ezisikwe kancinci, iisuti zomzimba zeBalenciaga, kunye neengqimba ze-eyeliner emnyama.“Unamantombazana afikayo kwiminyhadala yam ngamanye amaxesha kwaye ingamantombazana lawo,” utshilo uCutrone."Amantombazana ayiseseTwiggy: bangu-Elvira."