{"id":1507310,"date":"2022-06-08T08:05:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T12:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1507310"},"modified":"2022-06-08T08:05:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T12:05:27","slug":"is-the-that-girl-tiktok-trend-inspiring-or-unattainable-for-gen-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-that-girl-tiktok-trend-inspiring-or-unattainable-for-gen-z\/","title":{"rendered":"Is The \u2018That Girl\u2019 TikTok Trend Inspiring Or Unattainable For Gen Z?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-the-that-girl-tiktok-trend-inspiring-or-unattainable-for-gen-z%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1507310&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>She drinks ceremonial grade matcha. She owns 40 different matching workout sets. She wakes up at 5:00 a.m. to journal. She eats avocado toast in her well-lit apartment. She is \u201cthat girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the new wave of self-improvement content, \u201cthat girl\u201d exists alongside other social media characters like gym rats and Gary Vee enthusiasts. But while some internet trends leave kids eating Tide Pods or wanting to get lip filler to look like a Kardashian, \u201cthat girl\u201d encourages viewers to partake in a healthy lifestyle. Compared to the days of eating disorder and self-harm glamorization on platforms like Tumblr, \u201cthat girl\u201d seems like it might be a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat girl\u201d videos feature young women going about strict daily routines that often begin very early in the morning. They\u2019re full of colorful expositions of smoothie bowls, matching minimalist outfits, and the same handful of self-improvement books. The videos encourage lots of alone time and the benefits of working on oneself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"9XQFm4KBt3Ydyk8LIzTCscNaElh6jSVpR7gU5woOqWPMi2vbfJe0\"><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>I fell into the \u201cthat girl\u201d trap during the Covid-19 lockdowns when my university classes were online and any sense of structure in my life was erased. The \u201cthat girl\u201d TikToks and associated how-to guides made by popular lifestyle Youtubers granted me a sense of peace. \u201cThat girl\u201d offered a reclamation of balance in an off-kilter world. <\/p>\n<p>Many of the practices have proved to be very beneficial in my life. I take my sleeping schedule more seriously, I\u2019m more conscious of my personal boundaries, and I read more. That lifestyle was easy for me to keep up with until the lockdowns released and the demands of daily life caught up.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, as helpful and inspiring as social media health trends can be, the pendulum can swing far the other way. The rigid structure this trend promotes can make it easy to slip up and then feel as though you are no longer \u201cthat girl.\u201d She exists in the vacuum of the internet. Her mentality is about making sure every second of life is milked for its worth. This leaves little room for being human or existing to serve anyone but oneself.<\/p>\n<p>People have also poked fun at the trend for romanticizing very normal parts of many people\u2019s lives. Most people don\u2019t wake up at six in the morning for fun. They have 60-hour workweeks and can\u2019t afford to buy fancy coffee drinks or avocado toast. <\/p>\n<p>This image-based concept of success is flawed. Successful people still have bad hair days, get crabby sometimes, and eat cheap microwave food when some evenings they have low energy. Pushing this image of what the singular image of a healthy young woman is supposed to look like hinders young audiences from seeing human nature as to how versatile it really is. Things like spontaneity and conflict resolution do not exist in the \u201cthat girl\u201d universe.<\/p>\n<p>There is more to life than what the internet suggests. Hopefully, the pendulum has swung far enough to the healthy side of content and at some point, we will strike a balance.<\/p>\n<p>The wave of wellness content targeting both men and women is not inherently bad, but we need to be consciously aware of the true depth (or lack thereof) of what these trends promote. Although it is valuable to focus on oneself for periods of time, it is crucial to be an active participant in life: to work with others, maintain relationships, and exist outside of the spheres of our egos.<\/p>\n<p>When she\u2019s ready to leave, she can come out to real life where we wear jeans, drink Redbull sometimes, and watch our avocados go rotten within the hour.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Alexandra Hall is a junior attending Hillsdale College where she is studying journalism and biology. In her free time, she runs a music blog and interviews artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She drinks ceremonial grade matcha. She owns 40 different matching workout sets. She wakes up at 5:00 a.m. to journal. She eats avocado toast in her well-lit apartment. 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