Episode 35: Featurism And Desirability In The Age Of Social Media
On this week’s episode of “Yep, That Happened,” I talk about featurism and the politics of desirability in the age of social media. Enjoy!
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*Death toll from building collapse in Miami was reported to be 90, as of July 11, 2021.
Links mentioned:
“3 Reasons Dating, Attraction, and Desire Are Always Political” Everyday Feminism article by Hari Ziyad: https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/04/attraction-desire-political/
Princeton University Press Overview of Beauty Pays by Daniel S. Hamermesh: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691158174/beauty-pays
Mofid, M Mark et al. “Report on Mortality from Gluteal Fat Grafting: Recommendations from the ASERF Task Force.” Aesthetic surgery journal vol. 37,7 (2017): 796-806. doi:10.1093/asj/sjx004
“New Study Shows the Brazilian Butt Lift Is No Longer the Most Dangerous Procedure in Plastic Surgery—With One Caveat” Real Self article by Jolene Edgar, Medical review by Dr. Luis M. Rios Jr.: https://www.realself.com/news/brazilian-butt-lift-surgery-less-dangerous
“WHAT IS FEATURISM” by Naima Autumn Rose: https://deardarkskinnedgirl.com/2020/05/04/what-is-featurism/
What’s With The Blackfishing? | Episode 11 | Yep, That Happened: https://www.shirleyldeleon.com/podcast/yepthathappened/episode11
“Search in Florida collapse to take weeks; deaths reach 90” AP News article by Freida Frisaro And Bobby Caina Calvan: https://apnews.com/article/surfside-building-collapse-f43917f1f5a9d1ee2bde4b88bb944e53
“The Olympics are stuck in the 1980s on marijuana” Vox article by German Lopez: https://www.vox.com/22565419/shacarri-richardson-olympics-marijuana-ban-war-on-drugs
“U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson suspended for one month after failed drug test” NBC News article by Elisha Fieldstadt: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/sha-carri-richardson-could-miss-olympics-after-failed-drug-test-n1272960
“Soul Cap: Afro swim cap Olympic rejection 'heartbreaking' for black swimmers” BBC article by Alice Evans: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-57688380
“Beloved Journalist and The Grapevine TV Panelist Ayesha K. Faines Dead at 35” The Root article by Tonja Renée Stidhum: https://www.theroot.com/beloved-journalist-and-the-grapevine-tv-panelist-ayesha-1847250810
“I DON'T Have Pretty Privilege. And That Sucks.” video by Oh! Stephco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvHJHiIUbvA
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