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Listen now | Episode 14 of The Review of Mess Podcast

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Hello!

We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess podcast, a collaboration between me and

The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino
. In today’s installment we were joined by Inae Oh, the author of “In Your Face: The Brutal Aesthetics of MAGA,” a piece for Mother Jones that explores the plastic surgery aesthetics of conservatism and its relationship to power and gender dynamics. We also chat about some of my current favorite topics, like brands joining Substack (Get outta here!!!), Kim Kardashian’s fascism-friendly Perfect cover, and Meghan Markle’s very silly ShopMy account. I hope you’ll give it a listen!:

The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino
The Truth About Butter Biscuit Blondes
We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I <3 Mess (a fashion newsletter from Emily Kirkpatrick). For this installment, we invited Mother Jones reporter Inae Oh…
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Jessica DeFino is an award-winning beauty reporter and critic (The New York Times, Vice, Vogue). She writes the Guardian's beauty advice column, Ask Ugly, and has been called "the woman the beauty industry fears" by the Sunday Herald.
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