#200 They're Finally Looksmaxxing With the Rest Of Us

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Sehej, Leya and Yvonne hop into the studio today to chat about the history of looksmaxxing as an inherited tradition for all oppressed people. Inspired by texts on the 'Politics of Being Ugly', digressions include Jia Tolentino's 'The Age of Instagram Face', the distinctions between gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia, and looksmaxxing as self-surveillance for brown Women of Colour. This episode was produced by Ethan Lyons with help from Executive Producer Prinita Thevarajah. cw: eating disorders and body dysphoria Spoken from the personal experiences from our Race Matters hosts and recognise this is different for all experiences of gender, culture and bodies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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