There's a new beauty trend in town: why are women trying to look...lifeless?
Today’s guest,
Jessica DeFino - 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
‘the morgue gaze.’ 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.
(0:00) The Resurgence of Carolyn Bessette and the 'Morgue Gaze'
(2:03) Aesthetic Immortality: Unpacking the Morgue Gaze's Appeal
(5:49) From Mannequin Skin to Cadaver Fat: The Rise of Lifeless Beauty
(9:41) Billionaire Longevity: Transhumanism, AI, and the Undead Future
(12:59) The Dissociative Pout
(17:58) The Inescapable Grip of Beauty Culture
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