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Why Did Lululemon Dump the Mirror?

Plus: Beauty meets cannabis, fitness apps turned matchmaker, wellness travel trends, and more

Rina Raphael
Nov 09, 2023
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Updates:

Why did the wellness industry grow as big as it did? I shared my thoughts with The Guardian:

“We have become a self-care nation,” Raphael writes. “Though arguably one that still lacks the fundamentals of wellbeing.”

So how did we end up in this predicament? One answer lies in the demands of modern life, which, in Raphael’s assessment, land with particular force on women, and mete out further burdens depending on race, class and sexuality.

Read: ‘We’re sedating women with self-care’: how we became obsessed with wellness

Why Did Lululemon’s Mirror Fail?

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