There are times to be quick, fast, efficient, even aggressive, but this most definitely was not one of them.
She moved slowly, almost cautiously, as she lightly brushed her fingertips across the blossoms and leaves of the flowers. They felt soft, fragile, as they ever so slightly moved at her touch.
Looksmaxxing, the relentless drive to "maximize" one's appearance, is increasingly mainstream — and having an overwhelmingly negative effect on young people's mental health. @ takes a look at the origin of the term in incel communities, how young people are paying to get strangers to assess their appearance, and the spread of Looksmaxxing to the aesthetics industry.