Are You Sick? That's Ye

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i looked up the average length of time american women spend on getting ready every day, and it's 55 minutes. In the us, spend on average three thousand dollars a year, or a quarter million dollars in their lifetime, on beauty treatments and products. Out of that money, 37 hundred is spent on mascara alone. Another 27 hundred is allotted to eye shadows. Hyperlink, blue is totally in right now an 18 hundred dollars is dedicated to new lipsticks. We breten like it's a choice. Are you sick? That's ye. Just don't do it then.

We love it. We hate it. BEAUTY CULTURE.

Looking good can make us feel decorated, empowered and more confident -- but why?

And why are certain groups subtly told to "make-up" for their appearance?

What's the line between self-care and oppression?

Psychologist and beauty-researcher Dr. Renee Engeln shines a huge bright floodlight on the sometimes ugly machinery of the billion-dollar beauty and "fitness" industry. This is an episode for make-up lovers, haters and the millions of us confused about being both at once. It's also an opportunity for dudes to learn just how how skewed the standards are. Buckle up -- this ologist will change the way you see the world, others and hopefully, yourself.

Dr. Renee Engeln's work

"Beauty Sick," the book

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