Nina is both lazy and unafraid to look bad, as she fails to prepare a proper intro for magnificent political philosopher, author, and Quillette columnist Dr. Holly Lawford-Smith. Those same qualities are why Nina doesn’t wear makeup; Lawford-Smith shares some of her own. Even token tranny Corinna has some no-makeup tips, such as waiting 5-7 years between applications. Then Lawford-Smith answers, and asks, some profound questions: Is makeup attractive, or a signal of compliance? What counts as philosophy? Is long hair radfem? What is Gender Critical Feminism? Does bullshit emanate from the Anglosphere, or from France? Is buying sex wrong? Prepare to be dazzled by beauty, intelligence, and humor that are anything but skin-deep.

Links:

https://hollylawford-smith.org/

https://quillette.com/author/holly-lawford-smith/

https://twitter.com/aytchellesse

Books: https://hollylawford-smith.org/books/

The Radical Notion: https://theradicalnotion.org/

Nina’s twitter makeup polls: https://twitter.com/ninapaley/status/1613321903846068225

and https://twitter.com/ninapaley/status/1613540702356471808