A COUCHED OPINION

Deborah shares her honest position on those champions of ‘authenticity’ on social media with their evangelical messages of empowerment

by Deborah Hill Cone

There are many phony things in the world (baby carrots, reality TV, the concept of flushing out toxins, fake news) but the most bogus are the fake people who talk about being ‘authentic’. Don’t believe anyone who is peddling ‘keeping it real’ and also making money out of it. (Yeah, those packets of ‘baby’ carrots are cut out of big carrots. I know!) I should perhaps add I am writing this in my XXL sweatpants, having spent the day without moving from the couch while watching TV and eating cold pizza. I’m not making that up. I have chin hairs and dead houseplants, and I never got round to teaching my son how to ride a bike. Soooo. I am certainly not in any position to tell you how to…

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