'Kev tu siab yog ib qho kev hloov pauv ntawm TikTok'

Cov ntawv xov xwm kev zoo nkauj tau qhia cov neeg nyeem yuav ua li cas siv pleev kom zais qhov tsis ntev los no quaj. Tab sis tam sim no, ib qhoTikTokqhov kev zam tshiab txhawb kom peb puag cov qhov muag tsaus ntuj thiab lub qhov ntswg liab. "Pleev xim quaj," zoo li, nyob hauv.

Hauv ib daim vis dis aus uas tau txais ntau dua 507,000 qhov kev nyiam, tus tsim cov ntsiab lus hauv Boston Zoe Kim Kenealy muab kev qhia "rau cov ntxhais tsis ruaj khov" kom ua tiav qhov zoo li quaj tshiab txawm tias "yog tias koj tsis xav quaj".

Nws pib nrog ib lub pob gloss rau "daim di ncauj uas mos mos," tom qab ntawd txhuam ib daim duab ntxoov liab ncig lub qhov muag, thiab thaum kawg siv raueyeliner ci ntsa iabnyob ib puag ncig nws lub ntsej muag rau qee qhov "ci ntsa iab". "Kuv xav kom zoo li kuv quaj zoo nkauj txhua lub sijhawm," ib tus neeg saib tau hais. "Kuv xav tias kuv zoo nkauj heev tom qab kuv quaj," lwm tus sau. "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhia tias nws yog qhov muag plaub muag lossis lub qhov ntswg liab."

Kenealy, uas muaj 26 xyoo thiab muaj 119,000 tus neeg raws TikTok, tau hais rau Guardian tias nws tau tshoov siab los ntawm ob hom kev pleev xim sab hnub tuaj Asia: Douyin thiab Ulzzang. Ob hom no muaj ntau yam xim ntsej muag, ci ntsa iab thiab qhov ua kom pom tseeb ntawm thaj chaw hauv qab qhov muag rau qhov cuam tshuam zoo li tus ntxhais huab tais.

"Nws tau tshoov siab los ntawm qhov ci ntsa iab hauv koj lub qhov muag uas koj tau txais tom qab koj quaj," Kenealy hais. Nws hais tias qhov zoo li no tsuas yog kev zoo nkauj xwb, tsis yog kev tsis ncaj ncees. "Cov neeg - feem ntau yog cov txiv neej - tau tawm tswv yim 'Amber Heard' ntawm kuv cov yeeb yaj kiab," nws hais, hais txog cov neeg coob coob ntawm Johnny Depp TikTok uas ntseeg tias nws tus poj niam qub tau quaj cuav ntawm lub rooj muag khoom txog nws qhov kev tsim txom. "Nws yog ib qho pleev kom zoo nkauj uas kuv yuav tsis tas yuav hnav sab nraud. Nws tsis yog txhais tau tias dag leej twg."

Kev txom nyem, lossis tsawg kawg yog qhov kev ua tau zoo ntawm nws, yog thoob plaws TikTok - tej zaum vim nws yog thoob plaws lub ntiaj teb tiag tiag, ib yam nkaus. Hauv xyoo 2021 Harvard Youth Poll, ntau dua ib nrab ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas Asmeskas tau hais tias lawv tau xav tias "tu siab, nyuaj siab, lossis tsis muaj kev cia siab" hauv xya hnub dhau los.

Thiab nyob rau lub sijhawm muaj kev ua tsov rog thoob ntiaj teb, kev ntxub ntxaug ntau haiv neeg, kev kub ntxhov huab cua tsis muaj kev tswj hwm thiab kev kho siab ntau, daim di ncauj liab yooj yim tsis txaus lawm. Hloov chaw, cov qauv zoo nkauj tau tshwm sim los phim qhov mob ntawm niaj hnub no. Muaj "dissociative pout", uas iD hu ua "lobotomy-chic, dead-eyed" tus muam yau rau daim di ncauj os uas tam sim no-passé uas muaj cov neeg muaj feem cuam tshuam xyoo 2010 hauv chokehold. Koj tuaj yeem pom nws hauv online zoo li menyuam roj hmab posture ntawm Euphoria tus neeg tawg rog Chloe Cherry, lossis qhov spaced-out stare ntawm Olivia Rodrigo nplooj ntawv Instagram.

Txhua txoj kev taug kev tuaj yeem yog #SadGirlWalk yog tias koj mloog Lana Del Rey thiab ntsia ntsoov deb. Lub hashtag, nrog ntau dua 504,000 qhov kev saib, muaj cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm cov poj niam hluas zoo li tu siab thaum tuav cov lattes txias thiab qhia lawv cov khaub ncaws. "Cia kuv quaj rau Taylor Swift thaum taug kev kom txog thaum kuv tsis tuaj yeem lawm," ib tus neeg siv tau tawm tswv yim rau lawv daim vis dis aus.

Fredrika Thelandersson, tus kws tshawb fawb tom qab kawm tiav qib siab hauv kev kawm txog xov xwm thiab kev sib txuas lus ntawm Sweden's Lund University thiab yog tus sau phau ntawv tshiab 21st Century Media and Female Mental Health, kawm txog kab lis kev cai thiab cov zej zog ntawm cov ntxhais online.

"Hauv qhov xwm txheej tam sim no, cov neeg nto moo thiab cov hom lag luam xav kom muaj qhov tseeb, kom zoo li tiag tiag," nws hais. "Ib txoj hauv kev los ua qhov no yog qhia txog kev kuaj mob lossis qhia txog kev raug mob. Nws yeej muaj txiaj ntsig zoo los qhia qee yam kev tsis muaj zog."

Qhov no ntws los ntawm TikTok, Thelandersson piav qhia, ua rau lub ntsiab lus ntawm kev kho mob thiab kev puas siab puas ntsws tsis meej. "Kev sib cais yog ib qho tsos mob ntawm PTSD, thiab tam sim no nws raug khaws cia ua ib qho kev zoo nkauj," nws hais. "Qhov no hais ntau yam txog li cas tib neeg tsis ua tau zoo tam sim no thiab xav tau kev txhawb nqa, thiab kev tshaj xov xwm hauv zej zog dhau los ua qhov chaw uas lawv tuaj yeem nrhiav tau yam lawv yuav tsis tau txais los ntawm lub cev kho mob ib txwm muaj."

Thiab yog tias ib tug neeg ua txuj ua li lawv tu siab nrog kua muag cuav lossis lub ntsej muag cuav, deb ntawm lawv tus kheej ne?

"Tej zaum nws yog kev ua rau muaj kev tu siab, tab sis muaj ib qho kev sib koom siab thaum koj paub tias lwm tus neeg xav tib yam, thiab qhov ntawd yog ib yam kev koom ua ke," Thelandersson hais. "Koj tuaj yeem thuam qhov ntawd ntau npaum li koj xav tau, tab sis nws tseem muaj kev cia siab rau ib txoj kev."

Gen Z tsis yog thawj tiam neeg uas pom kev sib tham ntau dhau - Cov cim Gen X xws li Fiona Apple, Courtney Love thiab Elizabeth Wurtzel uas tuag lawm txhua tus tau ua haujlwm los ntawm nws hauv xyoo 90s. Tus kws sau ntawv Emily Gould tau pib nws txoj haujlwm hauv xyoo 90s thaum ntxov, nrog cov ntawv sau ntau dhau uas feem ntau poob rau hauv pawg kev hlub-rau-ntxub. Emo ua yeeb yam zoo li Paramore thiab My Chemical Romance tau tswj hwm xyoo 2010s suab paj nruag daim ntawv teev npe, nrog cov nkauj lees txim thiab goth-adjacent saib ntawm swoopy sab bangs thiab dramatically tsaus muag pleev qhov muag.

Audrey Wollen, tus kws sau ntawv uas tau tsim lo lus "Sad Girl Theory" hauv xyoo 2014, tau txais koob meej hauv internet los ntawm nws cov lus pom zoo tias kev tu siab rau pej xeem yog ib hom kev tawm tsam raug cai tawm tsam txoj cai txiv neej (txawm hais tias Wollen tus qauv ntawm tus ntxhais Tumblr uas nyob online tas li feem ntau yog hais txog dawb, nyias nyias, zoo nkauj thiab nplua nuj ywj pheej).

Tab sis lub sijhawm no, TikTok qhov kev ncav cuag loj heev (yuav luag 1 billion tus neeg siv hauv 150 lub tebchaws) tab tom pab kom qhov sib txawv no nthuav dav ntawm tus nqi tsis tau muaj dua. "Kuv xav tias qee qhov no tsuas yog cov tub ntxhais hluas uas muaj kev nkag mus rau hauv internet ntau dhau," InStyle tus kws sau ntawv zoo nkauj Tamim Alnuweiri hais. "Thaum kuv tseem yog ib tug tub hluas, kuv kuj tau muab kuv lub taub hau tso rau ntawm lub qhov rais thiab ua txuj tias kuv nyob hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab suab paj nruag thaum los nag, tab sis lawv cov version ntawm qhov no yog pej xeem ntau dua."

Kelly Cutrone, tus neeg ua yeeb yam PR uas tau tsim lub tuam txhab People's Revolution thiab tau tshwm sim hauv The Hills, The City thiab America's Next Top Model, tau sau ib phau ntawv qhia txog kev ua haujlwm hu ua If You Have to Cry, Go Outside. "Nws qhia tib neeg yuav ua li cas nrog lawv txoj kev xav hauv chaw ua haujlwm," nws hais. "Nws tu siab heev uas kev tu siab yuav yog ib qho kev hloov pauv. Tab sis kuv muaj ib tug menyuam hnub nyoog 20 xyoo, thiab cov menyuam ntawd txhua tus tau dhau los ntawm ntuj txiag teb tsaus [thaum muaj kev sib kis]."

Cutrone tau tsim nws tus kheej lo lus los piav txog cov menyuam yaus uas nws pom hauv cov koom haum tsis ntev los no: "kev hlub hmo ntuj". Xav txog "zombie tsaus ntuj vibes: ib nrab-liab qab cov menyuam yaus uas zoo li strung tawm, nrog cov coj txawv txawv, gazing scares".

Lawv yog "cov tsiaj ntawm hmo ntuj," Cutrone ntxiv, riffing tawm Julia Fox, tus poj niam ntxim hlub uas feem ntau pom taug kev hauv txoj kev ntawm New York hauv cov ris tsho qis qis, Balenciaga bodysuits, thiab cov khaubncaws sab nraud povtseg dub tuab. "Nws muaj cov ntxhais no uas tuaj rau kuv cov xwm txheej qee zaum thiab lawv yog cov ntxhais it," Cutrone hais. "Cov ntxhais it tsis yog Twiggy lawm: lawv yog Elvira."