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Oct 2023
1h 9m

How to Divorce Yourself from Modern Beau...

Earwolf & Jameela Jamil
About this episode

Jameela is joined this week by Irish-Nigerian bestselling author Emma Dabiri to find out where & why beauty standards started, how European philosophers created & influenced binary theory and what we can do to disconnect from these beauty standards. They discuss finding the pleasure in ritual and community, loving make-up (or not a la Pamela Anderson!), the importance and privilege of growing older and finding more ways to have value as modern women outside of appearance.

Emma’s book "Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty" is out now, and you can follow her on Twitter @emmadabiri and IG @emmadabiri

 

If you have a question for Jameela, email it to iweighpodcast@gmail.com, and we may ask it in a future episode!

You can find transcripts from the show on the Earwolf website

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