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Girl, Ultra-Processed, by Amara Sage, is a young adult novel published in 2025.
It follows Saffron, a young woman living in Bristol, England, as she grapples with societal pressures around body image and the pervasive influence of diet culture. Saffron's struggles are exacerbated by social media, where she encounters relentless messages about thinness as the ideal. To cope with her insecurities and the rejections she experiences on dating apps, Saffron creates a fake online persona, "Sydney," to catfish others.
As Saffron navigates complex relationships with her family, friends, and romantic interests, she becomes increasingly entangled in a web of deceit and self-destructive behavior. She joins SlimIt, a weight-loss ...
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Relationships Social Media BristolFamily Dynamics CatfishingBody imageDiet cultureSelf-acceptanceOzempicSlimIt