In this six-part podcast series, we walk through Freya India’s book GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything, examining how online culture has shaped young women and how Christian parents can respond with biblical truth.
In this fifth episode on Chapter 6, “Empowered,” Freya reveals multiple ways the culture sold a lie of empowerment to girls: New Age spirituality, manifesting, social justice causes, girlboss hustle culture, influencers, consumerism, and delayed adulthood. She describes the search for meaning and purpose in life but concludes that instead of turning to organized faith and religion, girls only mimicked faith practices. Kelly reviews the multiple puzzle pieces of empowerment and provides biblical support for Freya’s claims of enslavement over empowerment. What Freya calls harmful to young girls, we can biblically call evil. Finally, Kelly reviews ways parents can protect their children from counterfeit worship and guide them toward contentment rather than consumerism.
Girls by Freya India
Girls Substack
Brave Parenting Guide to Coverstar
Brave Parenting Guide to Zigazoo
Scripture references:
Genesis 1:27
Romans 1:21-23
Jeremiah 2:13
Genesis 3:5
Matthew 6:19-21, 24
Proverbs 22:6
1 Timothy 6:6-10
1 John 2:15-17
Matthew 7:9-11
Romans 12:9
James 1:6
John 4:10
Matthew 11:28-30
Luke 9:23
Romans 1:16
Genesis 2:15
Ephesians 4:14
Exodus 2:17
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