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…and, on Christmas Eve, she delivers the gift of wokeness! If yr brain is broke, I hope it never gets fixed. Brilliant analysis as always.

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Dec 24, 2021Liked by Jessica DeFino

Jessica, I love your work so much. It has single-handedly given me the wherewithal to cut my spending on "beauty" dramatically in the past year or so. Keep being the voice of reason—my hope is that the rest of the world will become so fatigued by the relentless whirligig of capitalism that it will finally catch up someday. BTW, do you have any sense of when your book will come out? (Yes, thirsty over here, ha ha.) Can't wait!

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Dec 24, 2021·edited Dec 24, 2021Liked by Jessica DeFino

Jess, we need more writers like you. We need more people telling women they are fine just the way we are. We don't need to chase these ridiculous standards.

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This is spot on. I’ve been thinking a lot about my own self-imposed oppression. The ways I assume I should be and act based on what I have learned throughout my life. There is a lot of freedom within our reach and yet there are def consequences to rejecting these ideas (but imho these are outweighed by the benefits).

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The best one yet

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Dec 24, 2021Liked by Jessica DeFino

I would be really interested in how the whole "not like the other girls" thing plays into beauty culture as it strikes me as the other side of the coin...

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