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Jessica DeFino: Beauty Beyond the Bottle
Mar 28, 2024
Award-winning beauty reporter Jessica DeFino discusses exposing the manipulations of the beauty industry and challenging beauty norms. She shares insights on skincare dependency, societal pressures, Madonna's appearance, and reframing beauty standards. The discussion also explores the intersection of beauty and diet culture, advocating for a shift towards self-acceptance and authenticity.
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- Beauty industry is redefined as the appearance industry, focusing on societal values beyond physical beauty.
- Aging gracefully is debunked as a facade, revealing the extensive effort behind maintaining idealized beauty standards.
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Reframing the Beauty Industry as the Appearance Industry
The discussion highlights the concept of renaming the beauty industry to the appearance industry, emphasizing that beauty stands for various values like worth, power, and attraction. By reframing it, the focus shifts to appearance alone, separating societal constructs from actual physical attributes.
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