"You're Not Ugly, You're Just Poor": A Deep Dive

In our first video essay for 2024, Chelsea dives into the commodification of beauty, how our beauty standards are inextricably tied with wealth, and the truth behind the statement "you're not ugly, you're just poor." Special thanks to: Autumn Dana Omari-Harrell: https://www.instagram.com/igfamousbydana/?hl=en Source links: Intelexual Media video essay 'A Black Women's History Of Hair': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWVzi8pX2jw https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12849573/Why-Gen-Z-ageing-differently-millennials-Experts-reveal-pressure-use-wrong-skincare-young-vaping-getting-Botox-early-20s-mean-younger-generation-look-older-30s.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/body-image-self-esteem-curvy-b2006942.html https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/55974/1/not-ugly-just-poor-how-the-beauty-industry-is-widening-the-class-divide https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/06/685506578/is-beauty-in-the-eyes-of-the-colonizer https://www.teenvogue.com/story/societys-aspiration-big-lips https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/02/study-most-people-can-tell-if-youre-rich-from-your-face.html https://www.tiktok.com/@abi.burleigh/video/7289978452898270494?lang=en https://www.vox.com/23901293/dentist-delta-dental-insurance-cigna-aspen-metlife-aetna https://youtube.com/watch?v=hWVzi8pX2jw https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/medical-tourism https://medicaltourism.review/articles/plastic-surgery-turkey-price-comparison https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/body-image-self-esteem-curvy-b2006942.html https://fashionista.com/2023/03/at-home-botox-fillers-aesthetic-treatments https://javanwellness.com/2020/06/22/dangers-of-diy-botox/ https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/bryan-johnson-plasma-son.jpg?w=1581&h=1054&crop=1 https://www.beautypackaging.com/contents/view_breaking-news/2023-07-21/anti-aging-market-to-reach-42281-billion-by-2030/ https://www.skinstore.com/blog/skincare/the-skin-report/https://www.skinstore.com/blog/skincare/the-skin-report/ TFD videos mentioned: How The Wealthy Gaslight America: https://youtu.be/iifU7rF0hVc?si=CP8UyIgrFeCZ0prO Millennial Women May Never Recover From The RomCOm: https://youtu.be/9qHeMuztXjU?si=eEtOfN65eLKZYDwR Instagram Face, TikTok Reveals, And The Rise Of Cheap Cosmetic Procedures: https://youtu.be/dEA_NMO7VCM?si=xw5W4ssr_DDJMbfc We Need To Talk About TikTok Face: https://youtu.be/XOrZdV2MYEI?si=IWLhCyEeUNxFxb-r Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and content warning 00:02:38 Ad break 00:09:57 A brief history of rich people beauty 00:19:02 Teeth, hair and the aesthetics of poverty 00:25:52 Trickle-down beautynomics 00:34:03 Anti-aging: the real stealth wealth 00:38:54 Thinness: the building of a designer body 00:46:47 Wellness and the skincare industrial complex 00:54:33 Conclusion: an era of democratized beauty? Music by Epidemic Sound Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSPYNpQ2fHv9HJ-q6MIMaPw/join The Financial Diet site: http://www.thefinancialdiet.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefinancialdiet Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFDiet Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefinancialdiet/?hl=en