Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I see YMIMI.

In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

And happy Wednesday, my beautiful ICYMI listeners. Today, we are going back, back in time,

to the solo Rachel era. Do you remember that? Somehow I'm already nostalgic for it, except not really, because if you knew me

in real life, you know that your girl was struggling through those 10 months we spent

looking for the lovely Candace Lim.

Speaking of Candace, where is she today?

Well, I can't give too many details because the job she's working right now, well, it's top secret.

All I can say is that Bath and Body Works better watch out and that soon we might know the most closely held corporate secret in the business world.

Why was Pearberry discontinued?

In the meantime, we've got a show to do, and today is a special one,

because it begins to answer a question I've had for a really,

really long time, which is why does TikTok keep trying to get me to buy a shadow work journal?

If you haven't had the distinct pleasure of getting this particular extremely targeted ad on your for you page. Allow me to

explain. The shadow work journal follows in the footsteps of the affirmations journal, which is

basically a hundred pages of you as good, you is kind, you is important. And listen, I love an

affirmation, love to manifest. I'm a little bit

convinced that I'm psychic. Don't ask any questions, but the shadow work journal takes it a step

too far from me, not least because introduced to me around the same time as TikTok shop,

which means that for a brief period of time, I would get these videos of some

woman talking about how she overcame some deep insecurity, which is content I always want

as a woman with deep insecurities, but I would only find out it was basically an ad for

...