I just became a paid subscriber. I greatly value the concepts you introduce around 'beauty', the many ways it pervades and drives our culture, and how closely your ideas are aligned with my own.
This enlightened and enlightening piece (pun intended) is important in so many ways.
When the civil rights movement generated so much anger against Black people in the 60s, watching the violence on TV as a child who lived in a vacation area, I wondered why these people who hated others because of the color of their skin would lay out to make their own skin darker?! Of course as I later learned, the hatred was much more complex than that, involving the manipulation of the poorer classes by the wealthy to deflect the outrage over their poverty from where it belonged - on the wealthy, onto and at each other.
Barbie Has Cellulite (But You Don't Have To) was eye-opening and fun! I was knocked in the head by the link in the piece to the NYT article about blonde being more than just a hair color too.
Your words matter so much in this world of egregiously promoted artificiality. Youth SOLD to the highest bidder! Misrepresentations of what is truly of value in this world while gaslighting people into denying their true beauty at all ages in a soulless, mindless pursuit of the all-mighty dollar.
I am proud to support your valuable work, Jessica Defino!
I want to be smart with my money and cancel subscriptions I don't really need. Then I read another post from Jessica Defino and realize it's damn tough not to argue that this is money very well spent. Thank you for provoking thoughts about beauty and self acceptance among other important topics. I am grateful.
The discourse on Inner, Surface, and Outer worlds will definitely stick with me. As will the Folklore, Folk Tale and Folk Rebellion. It feels like the majority of my world input is trying to “influence” me, either overtly (marketing, sales, etc) or covertly (design/usage psychology, dark patterns, etc) and it’s exhausting to try to keep track of my own intentions. It’s a constant conversation (Folk Rebellion) of “Why do I want that/do that/think?” and trying to break influenced habits. As capitalism doesn’t run me around enough 😂😵💫🫠
I just became a paid subscriber. I greatly value the concepts you introduce around 'beauty', the many ways it pervades and drives our culture, and how closely your ideas are aligned with my own.
This enlightened and enlightening piece (pun intended) is important in so many ways.
When the civil rights movement generated so much anger against Black people in the 60s, watching the violence on TV as a child who lived in a vacation area, I wondered why these people who hated others because of the color of their skin would lay out to make their own skin darker?! Of course as I later learned, the hatred was much more complex than that, involving the manipulation of the poorer classes by the wealthy to deflect the outrage over their poverty from where it belonged - on the wealthy, onto and at each other.
Barbie Has Cellulite (But You Don't Have To) was eye-opening and fun! I was knocked in the head by the link in the piece to the NYT article about blonde being more than just a hair color too.
Your words matter so much in this world of egregiously promoted artificiality. Youth SOLD to the highest bidder! Misrepresentations of what is truly of value in this world while gaslighting people into denying their true beauty at all ages in a soulless, mindless pursuit of the all-mighty dollar.
I am proud to support your valuable work, Jessica Defino!
Another great piece! Thank you, Jessica! 💗
I want to be smart with my money and cancel subscriptions I don't really need. Then I read another post from Jessica Defino and realize it's damn tough not to argue that this is money very well spent. Thank you for provoking thoughts about beauty and self acceptance among other important topics. I am grateful.
Same. This goes in the “mental health” budget. An absolute bargain.
That makes good sense!
I ordered the HELL out of that book!
ME TOO!! I am so excited for it ! Thank you for such an amazing piece to start my weekend off right
Thank you for your support! Hope you make trouble!
HELL YES I'm so grateful!
The discourse on Inner, Surface, and Outer worlds will definitely stick with me. As will the Folklore, Folk Tale and Folk Rebellion. It feels like the majority of my world input is trying to “influence” me, either overtly (marketing, sales, etc) or covertly (design/usage psychology, dark patterns, etc) and it’s exhausting to try to keep track of my own intentions. It’s a constant conversation (Folk Rebellion) of “Why do I want that/do that/think?” and trying to break influenced habits. As capitalism doesn’t run me around enough 😂😵💫🫠