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If you want to get a lifestyle craze trending on social media, then you could do worse than stick the word “girl” in its name.
That’s how we got “hot girl walk” – a trend promoting both the mental and physical health benefits of walking – and “lazy girl job” – a phenomenon extolling the virtues of improving your work life balance. There’s also “girl dinner”, which sent the internet into a frenzy over its simple prescription of low-effort snack-based dining, and now the newest addition to the crowd: “girl math”.
Many of the “girl” trends have had their share of criticism, from accusations that lazy girl job promotes low career aspirations to suggestions that girl dinner might encourage unhealthy dietary choices.
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