Aisha was fourteen and beautiful. She did not believe it. The algorithm noticed.
It started with diet videos. Then fitness content that became thinner, more extreme. Then pro-anorexia content disguised as wellness. Aisha stopped eating breakfast. Then lunch. She weighed herself eleven times a day.
Social media algorithms learn what keeps you watching. If you linger on body-comparison content, the algorithm feeds you more. It does not care about your health. It cares about your engagement. Your insecurity is its profit.
Her cross-country coach, her coach, noticed. She sat beside Aisha on the bleachers and said: “I’m worried about you. Not as your coach. As someone who cares.” Two days later, Aisha walked into the guidance office and said: “I think I need to talk to someone about food.”
Her first meal back: a bowl of soup. Her hands shook. But she lifted the spoon. One spoonful at a time, she chose herself over the algorithm.
You were designed by a Creator who called you good before you ever saw a screen. The mirror in God’s hands shows something different than the mirror in the algorithm’s hands. One reflects truth. The other reflects profit.