Body as Market & Optimization Anxiety

Analyses of the body treated as an economic surface, optimized under fear, discipline and market pressure.

This hub examines how bodies are reframed as projects to manage, optimize and discipline. Wellness, fitness and aesthetics become economic systems where fear, status and control drive behavior.

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The Great Diet Delusion

Modern diet and wellness culture operates as a system that moralizes eating, promotes optimization rituals and monetizes bodily anxiety through influencers, metrics and subscription-based solutions.

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Muscle, Curves and Market Fears

Fitness and beauty markets treat bodies as investment assets, turning physical ideals into performance metrics that monetize insecurity and constant optimization.