A phrase created by Jordan Theresa in her youtube video "tiktok is bad for women, actually" (posted Saturday, January 14th, 2023) She uses it to describe tiktoks//the media's goal on wanting people to buy a prouduct they actively target people's insecurities or try to make new ones. As she described "it is content which mines for your insecurities"
'These tiktok self care people are going out of their way to create insecurities. I mean, like Jordan said, it's insecurity mining!'
by MitskiAHHsong January 14, 2023