Step 1: Fashion trends
Step 2: Fashion trends as advertised on social media
Step 3: Fashion trends on social media’s effects on adolescents girls
Step 4: Fashion trends on social media can affect adolescent girls mental health
Step 5: Social media’s consistent output of new fashion trends have pressured adolescent girls to fit in, thus leading to higher rates of mental health issues, and a lack of individuality.
Step 6: With the new age of social media, fast fashion has become more prevalent than ever before; In this new age of societal pressure to fit in, adolescent girls are facing higher rates of mental health concerns, intense pressure to conform to aesthetics, and platforms dedicated to driving out individuality.
It’s certainly a popular idea, Student1512. You could probably buy a paper that says this in about 5 minutes. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a true or valuable hypothesis, but it does mean it won’t require much research to gather a bunch of material.
Here’s one from a few days ago:
https://sourcingjournal.com/sustainability/sustainability-materials/gen-z-claims-mental-health-fast-fashion-clash-garson-shaw-secondhand-clothing-report-527619/
I am interested in the notion of a “platform dedicated to driving out individuality.” That sounds oddly diabolical.
Let me know when you come up with an intriguing angle on this broad topic that will require some creative thinking.