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Happy Don't Buy Day!
Hello, dewy dust bunnies, and Happy Black Friday Don’t Buy Day! Like I said in my last newsletter, consumerism kills. So instead of stocking up on products that perpetuate unrealistic beauty standards and amassing 27 non-recyclable skincare samples at the Sephora sale, invest in content that kills consumerism 😈.
This weekend only, I’m knocking 25% off subscriptions to the Unpublishable! That’s $5.25 a month (down from $7 a month) or $57.75 for the whole year (down from $77).
As another Don’t Buy Day treat, I’ve removed the paywall for all past issues of The Don’t Buy List and made them FREE for everyone! (As a reminder, The Don’t Buy List is the main perk for paying subscribers: It’s a bi-weekly round-up of product-free content, private rants, and commentary on beauty industry current events, curated to broaden your understanding of beauty and help us all break free from beauty standards.) Below, find links to every single unlocked edition. They go back behind the paywall on Tuesday — until then, enjoy!
2/26: Botox, Britney, & Anti-Capitalist Beauty
3/10: The New Male Gaze, The Magic of Mushrooms, & Manuka Honey
3/24: Crying-As-Skincare, Nicole Kidman, & the BIEB
4/6: Racism In 'Anti-Clean' Beauty, Anxiety Eyebrows, & Meditation-As-Moisturizer
4/20: Skin-Control, Sage, & Setting Boundaries
5/12: Retinoid Uglies, Recycling, & Natural Skincare As Eco-Guilt
5/25: The Don't Buy List: Some Stuff To Buy, Actually
6/16: Kill Your (Skincare) Darlings
7/1: Beauty Anxiety, ScarJo Skincare, & Shutting The F*ck Up About The Sun
7/22: Hot Hyperpigmentation Summer, Beauty Loves Bezos, & Snake Oil Skincare
8/5: Fake Tans, Fake Butts, & (Over) Washing Your Face
8/19: Beauty Distractions, Bella Hadid's (First) Face, & Unf*cking Your Flora
9/2: The Bachelor, Ecaux Cotton, & Enforcing Ageism — The Glossier Way!
9/21: Jennifer Aniston, Manifesting Hotness, & Skincare As A Coping Mechanism
10/8: Botox Is Love, Pollution Is Anti-Aging, & Sunshine Will Kill You
10/22: EmRata, Death by Phthalate, & The 'Science' of Beauty
11/4: Juicy Gossip, Drying Skincare, & Feelings As Face Creme
11/18: Wet Skin, Fake ‘Shrooms, & Beauty Boycotts
Subscribers get:
Access to all past and future articles from The Unpublishable
Bi-weekly editions of “The Don’t Buy List” — a round-up of product-free content, private rants, and commentary on beauty industry current events, curated to broaden your understanding of the beauty industry and help us all break free from beauty standards
The ability to comment on articles and participate in community Open Threads
The joy of facilitating the creation of beauty content that doesn’t push products on people
Praise for The Unpublishable…
“yank[s] consumers out of the matrix made by the beauty industry” - HuffPost
“examines the beauty industry’s tight grasp on consumers and popular culture, from evolving beauty standards to the deft marketing tactics used to sell people more products” - New York Magazine
“covers the beauty industry the way Woodward and Bernstein covered Watergate” - Val Monroe, longtime beauty director of O, The Oprah Magazine
“a tantalising series of beauty stories … Subscribe for witty, BS-free content” - Pandora Sykes for UK Sunday Times Style Magazine