“correcting” my aesthetic for the world

@shri_reads_books , a South Asian bookstagrammer posted on IG about adjusting and moving items in the pictures she takes so that her living space looks like the minimalistic aesthetic that’s popular in the West. An aesthetic that is disconnected from the norms of her culture. Reading her post made me wonder how much of our living spaces, fashion, culture and even our selves do we allow to be…