Jade Lily wanted to show off her grocery haul. In a recent video, the 26-year-old TikToker held up item after item: celebrity-endorsed supplements, packaged berries, coconut yogurt, bone broth, ...

Young Americans are hungry to assert their social dominance — and they’re using food to do it. Expensive snacks are the latest status symbol for cash-strapped members of Gen Z who are unable to afford ...

Just like any other collective belief or cultural norm, status symbols change and evolve over time, characterizing financial comfort and stability in ways that make sense for newer generations of ...