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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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How to Live Up to and Push Back Against Your Disadvantages

Elise Hu is the host of TED Talks Daily and author of a book called Flawless. She talks about growing up in suburban St. Louis, where she felt ashamed of her differences. Her three daughters are now living in Southern California; their classes look like mini UNs. They see Korean beauty as something that everybody wants to aspire to - even those blonde girls who I was so desperate to be more like when I was little.

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