Gloss Angeles cover image

Is the Beauty Industry a Cult? Linguistically, Maybe. Featuring Author and Linguist Amanda Montell

Gloss Angeles

00:00

The Problem With the Beauty Industry

The beauty industry has always capitalized on convincing women. It's also very binary. And the beauty industry uses so many metaphors and so many euphemisms that I think can be really problematic. The stakes are incredibly different compared to something like Scientology or SoulCycle. You're buying an identity, a community, you are buying values. That's what capitalism and consumerism is in the 21st century. So in that way, it is a little cultish.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app