Gen Zers are skipping lunch breaks at work, fearing disapproval if they're seen to be taking time away from their desks. Busy lifestyles and social media trends like 'girl dinner' are reshaping meal habits – shifts that could heighten loneliness as traditional socialising over meals is lost.

Good Girl Snacks’ Hot Girl Pickles cater to the TikTok-popularized ‘girl dinner’ trend, which focuses on transforming snacks into visually appealing, satisfying meals. The brand’s success reflects the evolution of snacking culture in the US, all the while raising questions about new food mindsets.

In what seems to be an evolution of the 'girl dinner', the rat snacking trend sees TikTok users scavenging their pantries to create novel snack combinations. Amid the concerning resurgence of diet culture, it’s encouraging audiences to honour their body’s needs through intuitive eating.

‘Beverage girlies’ are sharing videos of themselves drinking a variety of beverages at the same time as performative coping, signifying the ways in which people are dealing with remote work and hustle culture. What does this say about our attitudes toward an increasingly unstable global environment?