We’re back with another very special paid subscriber only episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between
and I <3 Mess. For this installment, we invited the iconic Mackenzie Thomas, writer of the newsletter ★ I WILL DO WHATEVER I WANT ★, to join us in conversation.
Today we’re talking about: FKA Twigs and Eusexua vs. Charli XCX and brat [5:24], the cinematic failure of Companion (“Jack Quaid comes from the Ryan Reynolds school of acting and trickery”) [26:30], cyborgian beauty standards in film [41:55], the concept of “reheating someone’s nachos” [49:00], praying Addison Rae resists the pressure to get a blepharoplasty [1:01:00], and sloped walls at the Prada store [1:07:00]. 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.
