The chapter explores the rise of teenage boys using facial fitness gum to enhance their jawlines and appearance, discussing the trend's origins and spread on social media platforms like TikTok. Guest speakers provide insights into the motivations behind this trend and potential health concerns raised by dentists regarding the practice of chewing hard gum for jawline enhancement.
This week, an assassination attempt for the social media age: what the platforms got right and wrong in the chaotic aftermath. Then we talk with the Times reporter Teddy Schleifer from this week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee about the wave of Silicon Valley billionaires stepping up to back Trump. And finally, we talk to The Times’s Styles reporter Callie Holtermann about facial fitness gum, a “jawmaxxing” product targeted at teen boys online.
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