The Upside of Envy.

When I found myself sending an eyebrow up in my own dismay/irritation/resentment/judgment about another woman's outfit, Instagram post, or parenting, I deliberated: "Is this envy coming out sideways? And as we learned from fairy tales like Snow White-the ultimate, insidious tale of intergenerational envy-envy is so powerful and bad, it might motivate someone to have you killed so they can eat your heart. I also realized that repression of envy runs so deep, even when I went actively digging for it, I frequently missed its cues; I was oblivious to the ways in which envy operated inside of me. [Extracted from the article]