Jessica DeFino
Season 3, Episode 3: Dismantling Beauty Standards with Jessica DeFino.
“ I think the ultimate goal is neutrality… you’re trying to say everyone is valuable and worthy of being treated as a human being, but it’s still equating beauty with those things. If we can detach and say okay, maybe everyone is not beautiful, maybe everyone is just worthy.”
In this thought-provoking conversation Caggie is joined by award-winning reporter Jessica Defino, whose work focuses on deconstructing beauty standards and the beauty industry. They discuss how social media and the ability to alter our image digitally and physically, has intensified our obsession with beauty and youth. This conversation explores why certain structures benefit from this, how disempowering it is for the collective, and why we need to disconnect value from beauty.
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IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:
Social media
Misconceptions of health and beauty
Self-care
Empowerment
Self-healing
Womanhood
Individual worth
Ageing
Perfectionism
WHERE TO FIND JESSICA DEFINO:
@jessicadefino_ on Instagram
@jessicadefino_ on Twitter
