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

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Podcast: [Too Niche?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/too-niche-5853495)
Published: 2025-08-28T21:57:00+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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