Forever35 Episode 315: No One's Performing, Just Here to Chill with Sable Yong
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Aug 12, 2024 Sable Yong, a beauty writer known for her unique cultural insights, joins the hosts to discuss her journey from Craigslist to beauty writing. They explore the liberating experience of visiting a Korean bathhouse, emphasizing body positivity and diverse beauty standards. The conversation highlights how social media shapes beauty perceptions, urging a shift towards community-focused definitions. With humor, they also share travel packing dilemmas, balancing aesthetics with practicality while embracing the joys of vulnerability.
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Unconventional Career Start
- Sable Yong's beauty career began unexpectedly when a Craigslist ad for a roommate led to a job offer.
- An editor, amused by her ad, offered her a writing position at a new beauty site, XoVain.
Clickbait Cycle
- Media clickbait and Kardashian coverage are driven by audience clicks.
- Sable Yong points out that media covers what the public searches for, creating a cycle.
Expensive Procedures, Underwhelming Results
- Sable Yong's experience with expensive beauty procedures, like microneedling and Morpheus8, often proved unpleasant and ineffective.
- Despite the high cost and pain, she found the results underwhelming, humorously observing she "looked the same."