We’re back with another very special paid subscriber only episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino and I <3 Mess. For this installment, we invited comedian extraordinaire Josh Gondelman, writer of the newsletter That's Marvelous!, to join us in conversation.
Today we’re talking about: The men’s beauty boom [7:00], reasonable sunscreen expectations [7:57], Bon Iver’s tinned fish collaboration [12:15], when selling out is on-brand [17:55], skinny jeans vs. baggy jeans [26:15], the millennial fear of looking old [28:34], the rise of the comedy-mystery TV series [35:20], stand up as “the last refuge of the uncancellable” [45:20], the sad state of Studio Ghibli art [51:20], and the Vogue Business “Future of Appearance” AI-generated images debacle [56:35]. Plus more!
About the podcast: The Review of Mess is a podcast by Jessica DeFino and Emily Kirkpatrick that takes a critical look at the dregs of pop culture. Jessica is the writer behind The Review of Beauty, which has been called the newsletter “the beauty industry fears,” and Emily is the creator of I <3 Mess, a weekly roundup of the best of the worst celebrity fashion. Together, they dissect the biggest and dumbest celebrity happenings every month and give their unfiltered opinion on everything going on in the world of fashion and beauty.
About the theme music: The Review of Mess theme song is “Hot Mess” by Carly Lind. Find more about Carly here and listen to her music here.
