The snail unit discusses the evolution of self-care from activist motto to marketing slogan.

canceling plans is ok. staying home to cook is ok. disappearing for a bit to get your life together is ok. resurfacing in a foreign country with a new name 10 years later is ok. it’s called self care

— Kevin Farzad (@KevinFarzad) January 13, 2018

What we’ve been up to

Fiddy is now Director of Marketing at Beautytap
Cat got a puppy!!
Tracy is a journalist
Chel has released new Holy Snails products and shaved her head

Links

Chel’s scalp massager
“But ultimately, choosing instant gratification has proven catastrophically destructive.” comes from “The rise of Donald Trump demands we embrace a harder kind of self-care“
Chel and Fiddy’s Snailcast episode on motherhood
Fiddy’s essay on how skincare helped her with depression
Cat and Tracy on kbeauty shopping research
“Women and people of color viewed controlling their health as a corrective to the failures of a white, patriarchal medical system to properly tend to their needs.” comes from “A History of Self-Care“
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” comes from A Burst of Light: and Other Essays
McDonald’s self-care hashtag campaign mentioned in “The Politics of Conspicuous Displays of Self-Care“
College Humor satirical video on self-care
Tracy on the lipstick effect in Racked
Pat McGrath lipstick, Tom Ford lipstick
The Holy Snail wine
Lifehacker’s How I Work series
CVS bans photoshopping beauty product ads
The Hairpin’s self-care column: “This column has a singular purpose: to talk to women about navigating a world where they are their own savior.”
Where to find The Tub in Philly (King Spa Room)
“Overextending myself is not stretching myself. I had to accept how difficult it is to monitor the difference.” Quote by Audre Lorde from A Burst of Light: and Other Essays.

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