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Plastic Surgery Summer & The Current State of Beauty with Jessica DeFino

Podcast: Too Niche?
Published: Aug 28, 2025
Duration seconds: 3663
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Summary

I sit down with beauty culture critic Jessica DeFino, creator of Flesh World, for a deep dive into the forces shaping beauty right now. We cover Skims’ face shapewear marketing, this summer’s facelift discourse frenzy, Goop’s lasting influence, and the politics behind today’s beauty standards.