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How to embrace – and challenge – the idea of “beauty” (w / Elise Hu)

How to Be a Better Human

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The Importance of Beauty Culture

In Korea, you all of a sudden became very aware of the fact that you have freckles. That's because it was the first comment that people would make as something that I could fix. One of the big themes that comes out of the book is this notion of labor and beauty culture. We adhere to beauty culture so much that we don't... It's cloaked in empowerment or choice, but really it does cause time and energy and resources.

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