Alexandra Ages

Alexandra Ages is the Executive Director for the Council of Alberta University Students. She holds a Master of Public Policy degree from McGill University and was a member of the Broadbent Institute’s inaugural Emerging Leaders Program in 2023.

Femininity, Hyper-Commodified: Consumerism, Social Media, and Beauty Standards

Analysis

April 25, 2024

Alexandra Ages

Profits become supreme despite the enabling of a destructive culture of consumption around physical appearance, the erosion of the gains of feminist movements where looks are made more valuable than liberation, and where youth conceptualise ageing as an aesthetic problem rather than a wonderful part of life’s journey.
Trad-Wives and Hustle-Bros: Contemporary Rejections of Late-Stage Capitalism

Analysis

March 6, 2024

Alexandra Ages

The “trad-wife” and “hustle-bro” subcultures are a phenomena of the social media age, and a symptom of late-stage capitalism.

Femininity, Hyper-Commodified: Consumerism, Social Media, and Beauty Standards

Trad-Wives and Hustle-Bros: Contemporary Rejections of Late-Stage Capitalism