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S1, Ep3 How to Fail: Dolly Alderton

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

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The Importance of Looking Perfect

I think I started grasping it when I was about 25 in terms of looks-wise perfection. It's so weird that the default aspiration for a woman is someone who is paid to look like that professionally. But one day, you will realise you don't have to be one type of woman. You don’t have to look perfect. There's this amazing Diana Vreeland quote that does the rounds on the basic bitches social media - which I am happy to call myself. She says being pretty isn't a rent that you have to pay to occupy a space called woman. Such a good question. How long do you think it took you to recognise what you wrote to your teenage

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