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    ‘Self-care’: how a radical feminist idea was stripped of politics for the mass market | André Spicer

    Audre Lorde proposed a series of calming activities as a way to survive adversity. Now it’s just another form of ‘me time’
    by André Spicer Aug 21, 2019 3 minutes
    ‘The self-care of Instagrammers, professional golfers and overworked executives is probably not intended as ‘an act of political warfare’ as Lorde had hoped.’ Photograph: Eldar Nurkovic/Alamy

    What do professional golfers, radical queer feminists and Instagram lifestyle influences have in common? They are all devotees of “self-care”. While the earlier self-help movement focused on improving yourself, the relatively new self-care movement focuses on preserving yourself. It’s lifestyle advice for an age of diminished expectations, where most people have given up on getting to the top and the best they can hope for is to get through the day. Self-care is self-help for a time when about a third of the population will suffer from some kind of anxiety disorder during their lives.

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