There's a new beauty trend in town: why are women trying to look...lifeless? Today’s guest, <a href="https://jessicadefino.substack.com/"target="_blank" >Jessica DeFino</a> - beauty reporter, critic, and author of the FLESH WORLD Substack - says contemporary glamorization of anti-aging products and long dead icons like Caroline Bessette Kennedy all fall within a macabre beauty trend, what she calls <a href="https://jessicadefino.substack.com/p/thutt"target="_blank" >‘the morgue gaze.’</a> Ageless, poreless, lifeless beauty inspiration keeps consumers coming back for more numb, frozen aesthetics - forever. Jessica joins host Brittany Luse to break down what the morgue gaze is and why we’re so fascinated with the beauty of lifelessness. Want more about beauty? Check out these IBAM episodes: <a href="https://lnk.to/cFrF8B"target="_blank" >The beauty industry has an Epstein problem</a><a href="https://lnk.to/GcT6od"target="_blank" >Looksmaxxing is teaching men that pretty hurts.</a><a href="https://lnk.to/05HVk9"target="_blank" >Peptides & the pursuit of the "perfect" body</a> Support Public Media. <a href="https://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >Join NPR Plus.</a> Follow Brittany on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmluse/?hl=en"target="_blank" >@bmluse</a> For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at <a href="https://www.npr.org/podclub"target="_blank" >npr.org/podclub</a>. To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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