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Nov 2025
34m 25s

Coming-of-Age in the Internet Era and Ho...

L’Oréal Groupe
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For this episode, host Isabella Rossellini presents three stories exploring the role beauty plays in internet culture — from Get Ready With Me videos to how social media is shaping a centuries-old coming-of-age tradition in Latin America. For our first story, we speak to Habiba Katsha, a tech reporter, with whom we discuss the Get Ready With Me (#GRWM) vide ... Show More
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