Reporting on the absurd world of beauty culture. / “The newsletter the beauty industry fears.” - the Herald.

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“jessica is brilliant and constantly gets right to the heart of the capitalism, misogyny, and racism at the heart of the beauty industry. her posts always make me audibly sigh with relief knowing that i'm not alone... it's the only beauty content i read! ”
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“Jessica DeFino masterfully unpacks that weird internal voice that whispers "Am I really feminist?" every time you're in line at Sephora. A genuinely empowering, mind-expanding look into "beauty culture" and forces that you hadn't even realized you've internalized. ”
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