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Mess WorldMess Is The Moment: Our Trend Forecast For The YearWe’re back with a new episode of Mess World, a podcast collaboration between FLESH WORLD (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2026-01-061h 38
Italian American Stories PodcastEpisode 82: Rerelease – The New Year’s Eve Murder of Mike DefinoThis episode is a rerelease from our archives, originally published on New Year’s Eve, and shared again as we ring in the new year.On December 31, 1915, in Douglas, Alaska, a shocking murder took place in broad daylight—one that newspapers at the time described as “one of the most cold-blooded murders to ever occur in the North.” The victim was Mike Defino, an Italian immigrant whose life ended outside a saloon after a bitter dispute over money turned deadly.In this archival episode of Italian American Stories Podcast, we revisit the tragic story of Defino’s murder...
2026-01-0123 min
The New Garde with Alyssa Vingan2016, Part 1: Beauty (w/ Jessica DeFino)If you, like me, spend a good amount of time on TikTok, you’ve likely felt awash in a sea of nostalgia for 2016, which in just a matter of weeks will be a full decade in the rearview. Not only was it a banner year for realizing things, it was also a moment in time that shifted the cultural paradigm in a way that’s now coming into full focus. In the first of a two-part episode, I sit down with Jessica DeFino of Flesh World to discuss how the beauty trends, products, and developments that defined 2016 have changed the...
2025-12-021h 14
Mess WorldWelcome To Placenta UniversityWe’re back with a new episode of Mess World, a podcast collaboration between FLESH WORLD (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-12-021h 40
Substack Live PodcastBe Contrarian with Substack Icons Jessica DeFino and Emily KirkpatrickWelcome to the Substack Live Podcast!Conversations with the best Substack early adopters who created amazing newsletters and continue to bring their good work to the world and make the world a better place in doing so. Plus, get updates and expert guidance on the platform as it changes and changes again and again, so you can use it to fuel your creative, professional, and financial life.Brought to you by Substack Writers at Work Founder and Director and former Paris Review interviewer, Sarah Fay.Over 300 people showed up to this live recording...
2025-11-251h 04
Mess WorldYour Neck Is Saggy (Complimentary)We’re back with a new episode of Mess World, a podcast collaboration between FLESH WORLD (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-10-311h 40
Mess WorldSimulacra-Mania!We’re back with a new name and a fresh episode of Mess World (formerly The Review of Mess): a podcast collaboration between FLESH WORLD (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-10-031h 26
Mess WorldAmbient EugenicsWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between FLESH WORLD (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-08-291h 39
Too Niche?Plastic Surgery Summer & The Current State of Beauty with Jessica DeFinoI sit down with beauty culture critic Jessica DeFino, creator of Flesh World on Substack, for a deep dive into the forces shaping beauty right now. We cover Skims’ face shapewear marketing, this summer’s facelift discourse frenzy, Goop’s lasting influence, and the politics behind today’s beauty standards.
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2025-08-281h 01
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2025-08-111h 02
Pretty HardEpisode 43: Jessica Defino, Erika Geraerts, and Maeva Heim. An honest discussion.The beauty industry is brutal, for consumers, brands, and founders alike.While glossy on the surface, behind the scenes is a world of numbers, stakeholders, and systems that are rarely discussed.Purpose vs Profit.Expression vs Exploitation.Generosity vs Gatekeeping. In this intimate, live podcast recording from April 2025 in NYC, founder of Fluff, Erika Geraerts speaks openly with beauty journalist and writer Jessica Defino and Bread Beauty founder Maeva Heim. Find Jessica on Substack at The Review of BeautyAnd Maeva on IG at @bread @ma...
2025-08-071h 07
Mess WorldYou Can Never Escape The LabubuWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-08-011h 24
Mess WorldShould We Take Ugly Women Seriously?We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-06-301h 46
Di Na 'To Drowing Podcast71. Chronically Ill Adventures with Jikka DefiñoIn this episode, we sit down with Jikka Defiño — a woman who wears many hats: commercial model, freediver, Spartan race finisher, artist, content creator, and most importantly, a beacon of hope. But beyond the aesthetics and adventures is a deeper narrative — Jikka is also living with Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).We talk about the battle of extremes in her life: between strength and struggle, beauty and pain, ambition and limitation. Despite being chronically ill, Jikka continues to pursue a life filled with color and meaning — proving that illness doesn't have to define or conf...
2025-06-261h 18
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE: Nature + Pop Culture News with Jessica MurnaneHow Nature Can Help With Body Image + Current Beauty Trends with Jessica DeFino (Award-winning beauty critic + Writer of Flesh World)About this week's guest: Jessica DeFino is an award-winning beauty reporter and critic (The New York Times, Vice, Vogue). She writes the Guardian's beauty advice column, Ask Ugly, and the newsletter The Review of Beauty. She's been called "the woman the beauty industry fears" by the Sunday Herald. Show notes! This week's sponsor: Week Of The Website Jessica's Newsletter: The Review of Beauty Jessica's Guardian Series: Ask Ugly Photos of myself make me shudder in horror. Does that mean I'm hideous? by Jessica DeFino The Relationship Between...
2025-06-0650 min
Mess WorldA Hermeneutic Analysis of Jones Road BeautyWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-06-021h 50
Mess World$33 Non-Toxic Toilet Paper with Ochuko AkpovbovboThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jessicadefino.substack.comWe’re back with another very special paid subscriber only episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-05-2705 min
The Internet Is Deadjessica defino on what she considers "beauty"jessica defino talks about her substack, originally called The Unpublishable, and now titled The Review of Beauty, and everything that led her to writing it-- from her experience working under the Kardashians to the language we use around beauty, and the book deal she landed with Harper Collins on episode 60 of The Internet Is Dead (Josh Ovalle, Please Be A Guest On My Podcast) Podcast ଘ(ᵕ˵ ૩ᵕ)━☆ﾟ.*･｡(◕‿◕)♡ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
2025-05-131h 02
Mess WorldDavid Cronenberg For The GirliesWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-05-051h 52
The New Garde with Alyssa VinganBeauty in the USA (w/ Jessica DeFino)Beauty has always sent big political messages, and that’s perhaps never been more evident than it is today. This week, Alyssa sits down with Jessica DeFino, the brilliant mind behind The Review of Beauty newsletter, to discuss the aesthetic vibe shift she’s seen since Trump was elected for his second term — and the conservative leaning beauty trends she saw bubbling up before then that were a harbinger of things to come. Tune in to hear how Jessica’s time working for the Kardashian official apps led her to question everything she thought about beauty, as well as her insi...
2025-04-221h 05
Mess WorldBon Iver's Tinned Fish with Josh GondelmanThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jessicadefino.substack.comWe’re back with another very special paid subscriber only episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-04-2107 min
MOTHER-podcast with Karina VazirovaJessica DeFino - Science of Skin vs. Science of SkincareThe global beauty industry is worth over $260 billion, but has it lulled us into a collective beauty sleep? This week’s episode is a wake-up call. Meet Jessica DeFino, an award-winning beauty reporter and critic (the New York Times, the Sunday Times, Vice, The Guardian). A one-time editor for the Kardashian-Jenner Official Apps and a former product obsessive, she now explores how beauty culture impacts people — physically, psychologically, and spiritually. Jessica also publishes The Review of Beauty newsletter, which “basically gives the middle finger to the entire beauty industry,” HuffPost says, and has been praised in New York M...
2025-04-1645 min
In Bed With The RightEpisode 68 -- Republican Makeup with Jessica DeFinoWhen it comes to the protagonists of MAGA world, they -- like Roxette circa 1990 -- have THE LOOK. You know the one: hair that rises and crests like a mountain range, lips that are strangely beige and eyes that really show off how dead the person is on the inside. How did this style come to define the modern conservative aesthetic? What are its influences? What are its messages? Jessica DeFino (of The Review of Beauty fame) stops by In Bed with the Right to help Moira and a very lost Adrian make some sense of these and other...
2025-04-0839 min
Mess WorldThe Truth About Butter Biscuit BlondesWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-04-041h 39
Mess WorldThe Death of Personal Style with Liz GoldwynThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jessicadefino.substack.comWe’re back with another very special paid subscriber only episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-03-1405 min
Mess WorldAdult Babies IncomingWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-02-281h 51
Good Neighbor Podcast: BergenEp. # 79 Navigating Real Estate in a Changing Market: Insights from DeFino RealtorsStep into the world of real estate with Adam DeFino, third-generation owner of DeFino Realtors, as he shares insights into his family's legacy in the industry. We explore the evolution of Wyckoff and its transformation into a thriving suburban community, grounded in a foundation of trust and customer care. Adam discusses the emotional journey of clients navigating the buying and selling process and the importance of genuine service alongside market-savvy strategies. Discover how the DeFino family has thrived through various economic shifts, maintaining a commitment to integrity and community, and learn why this real estate firm stands out in...
2025-02-2724 min
Mess WorldSloped Walls At The Prada Store With Mackenzie ThomasThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jessicadefino.substack.comWe’re back with another very special paid subscriber only episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-02-1705 min
Mess WorldInauguration Fashion — A Feast Of Fascist Undertones!We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2025-01-311h 34
MAÑANAS CON EL ESPÍRITU SANTOMAÑANAS CON EL ESPÍRITU SANTO 4 de enero YO TE DEFINOMAÑANAS CON EL ESPÍRITU SANTO4 de enero 2025YO TE DEFINOYo digo sobre ti: ¡Tú eres Mío! Por derecho de creación y por derecho de redención, ¡tú eres Mío! He fijado Mi sello sobre tu corazón y ahora te exhibo al mundo como Mi propiedad, como Mi obra maestra de amor. ¿Acaso no ves lo que ha hecho Mi amor a través de tu vida?No te fijes en tus fracasos ni en tu dolor, porque en Mi presencia no existen. Yo he colocado Mi gloria sobre tu vida, y te ll...
2025-01-0403 min
Mess WorldThe Illusion of 'Mar-A-Lago Face'We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2024-12-271h 37
Mess WorldRFK Jr: America's Beauty CzarWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2024-11-291h 20
Non-ToxicPeeling back skincare for men, with Jessica DeFinoIn this episode of Non-Toxic, we're talking with beauty critic Jessica DeFino about the evolving culture of male beauty standards. From the rise of the metrosexual to the booming trend for unisex products to the intricacies of hair plugs, we explore how the beauty industry is making money by shifting beauty norms to include men. Plus, get the inside scoop on Ryan Gosling's controversial fillers at the Oscars and why incels want make their jaws look more square.If you liked this episode, you can support Non-toxic via our Patreon. And don't forget to sign up for th...
2024-10-3135 min
Mess WorldGlitter Freckles Are CanceledWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2024-10-291h 46
Mess WorldStop Trying To Make 'Moo Deng Skin' HappenWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2024-09-301h 37
Mess WorldBlake Lively Is Not Very DemureWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2024-09-021h 54
The Women's CurrentBeauty Industry’s Most Feared Woman with Jessica DeFinoThis week an eye-opening conversation with beauty journalist Jessica DeFino. Beauty standards have an impact on our lives, often without us even realizing it.
‘The beauty industry reels us in by calling it ‘beauty’ and assigning it metaphysical powers. I really think we would be better off if we called the beauty industry the appearance industry.’
2024-08-0634 min
Mess WorldWikiFeet Goes A-ListWe’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2024-07-301h 47
Mess WorldThe Fall of the House of JLoWe’re back and serving up another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2024-06-251h 41
The Before Hours PodcastPaddy DefinoGood morning, folks!
Paddy Defino is a standup comedian. We talk about h0rny season, being an alter boy, and objecting at weddings.
Follow @newsfrombed on YouTube and follow him on Instagram (@Paddy_is_Funky).
2024-06-1047 min
Mess WorldBBL Drizzy, Taylor Swift Perfume, Merkins & More: A New Podcast About Celebrity Beauty Mess!We started a podcast! Please enjoy the first episode of The Review of Mess: an audio collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I
2024-05-241h 25
Blinkist Podcast - Interviews | Personal Development | Productivity | Business | PsychologyJessica DeFino: Beauty Beyond the BottleToday, our guest is an award-winning beauty reporter and critic whom you might have stumbled upon while reading her super popular newsletter, The Unpublishable, which, as HuffPost says, "basically gives the middle finger to the entire beauty industry." Writing about what the beauty industry won’t tell you, Jessica DeFino has built an identity as a reporter on a mission to reform it.
It all started, however, in a place as opposite as it could be: a few years back, Jessica was a product-obsessed editor for the Kardashian-Jenner Official Apps, embedded in the core of the beauty industry. This exact "be...
2024-03-2837 min
SimplifyJessica DeFino: Beauty Beyond the BottleToday, our guest is an award-winning beauty reporter and critic whom you might have stumbled upon while reading her super popular newsletter, The Unpublishable, which, as HuffPost says, "basically gives the middle finger to the entire beauty industry." Writing about what the beauty industry won’t tell you, Jessica DeFino has built an identity as a reporter on a mission to reform it.It all started, however, in a place as opposite as it could be: a few years back, Jessica was a product-obsessed editor for the Kardashian-Jenner Official Apps, embedded in the core of the beauty in...
2024-03-2837 min
Nymphet AlumniEp. 77: Sephora Dysmorphia w/ Jessica DeFinoIn this episode, we conduct a meeting of the minds with brilliant wordsmith and beauty industry critic Jessica Defino. Together with Jessica, we embark on an impossible journey of cosmetic ethical dilemmas, unpacking the undulating discourses of makeup and skincare. Tune in as we ask questions that keep us up at night: are Sephora Tweens canaries in the coal mine of disintegrating self-esteem? Can the age of the multi-hyphenate sustain the explosion of celebrity beauty brands? Is self-actualization possible in a minefield of appearance optimization? Why is there such a thing as baby skincare? R...
2024-03-191h 00
Rethinking WellnessBonus: The Problems with Skincare and the Importance of Self-Compassion with Jessica DeFinoThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comIn this bonus episode, writer and beauty-industry critic Jessica Defino returns to discuss the problems with skin products and skincare in general, why acne topicals aren’t long-term solutions, how to have compassion for yourself as you navigate through beauty culture and inevitably get sucked in, and more. Jessica DeFino is an award-winning beauty reporter and critic (The New York Times, Vice, Vogue) and author of the newsletter The Unpublishable. She writes the Guardian's beauty advice column, Ask Ugly, and...
2024-03-1508 min
Rethinking WellnessThe Intersection of Beauty Culture and Wellness/Diet Culture with Jessica DeFinoWriter and beauty-industry critic Jessica Defino joins us to discuss the intersections of wellness/diet culture and beauty culture, how she went from child beauty-pageant participant to working at the Kardashian-Jenner apps to eventually becoming an outspoken critic of the beauty industry, how social media is spreading harmful beauty ideals, the ageism of “anti-aging,” how to change your relationship with beauty standards, and more. Jessica DeFino is an award-winning beauty reporter and critic (The New York Times, Vice, Vogue) and author of the newsletter The Unpublishable. She writes the Guardian's beauty advice column, Ask Ugly, and has been...
2024-03-1151 min
Bollotta-FIDE140. You Got Grit, Girl! with Lisa DeFino (SDSU School of Hospitality and Tourism Management)Anthony and Alex get down to business from the jump, a TIPSY about Force Majeure Clauses" and a YaiYai-ism about "everyone taking a piece". Longtime personal friend of the pod hosts, Lisa DeFino Director for The Institute of Meetings and Events of the L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at San Diego State University joins the conversation today. The trio get into Lisa and Anthony's shared onsite experience through a rain storm on the USS Midway. They get into the challenges of getting students engaged and socialized after 3 years of a pandemic. She gets into her...
2024-03-011h 30
Content PeopleS3E1 Jessica DeFinoMeredith chats with Jessica DeFino.🌟 Follow Meredith on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-farley/🌟 Follow Content People on insta: https://www.instagram.com/contentpeoplepod/🌟 Subscribe to the Content People newsletter: https://meredithfarley.substack.com/ 🌟 Email Meredith: Meredith@MedburyAgency.com🌟 We loved talking to Jessica. Follow her here: 🌟 Subscribe to The Unpublishable newsletter: https://jessicadefino.substack.com/🌟 Or, follow Jessica’s column “Ask Ugly” at the Guardian here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/01/should-i-get-botox-advice-ask-ugly🌟 This was the Substack article that referenced Jessica’s stats back in 2021: h...
2024-01-0946 minItalian American Stories PodcastEpisode 17: The New Year's Eve Murder of Mike DefinoJoin us for a special New Year's episode that transports you to the frosty streets of Juneau, Alaska in 1915.
In this short yet captivating episode, we delve into the murder of Mike Defino. Follow us as we piece together the events leading up to the murder.
Tune in as we kick off the year with a tale that will send shivers down your spine and ignite your curiosity about the untold chapters of our heritage.
2023-12-2823 minPretty HardEpisode 30: Fraught. Jessica Defino's Relationship to BeautyJessica Defino is a former editor for the Kardashian-Jenner Apps and a freelance beauty journalist for The New York Times, Vogue, WWD, Allure, and more.Jessica's writing has influenced Fluff greatly, being beauty-critical content that publications can’t, won’t, or don’t cover. In this episode we discuss the idea of beauty behaviours as coping mechanisms, the pressure consumers are under being perceived constantly, and the moral obligation of brands to deal with such."If we want to deal with sustainability, we need to address beauty standards, and why we feel compelled to cons...
2023-11-281h 17
Wrong Turns with Jameela JamilDeconstructing The Beauty Industry Hype with Jessica DeFinoJameela is joined by beauty culture critic Jessica DeFino in a candid conversation about where her current research and journalism is taking her, after years of covering a multi-billion dollar beauty industry for major women’s magazines & beauty apps in the US. The two discuss the science of skincare products VS the science of skin, why the wellness industry makes you feel bad about yourself and the inherently disappointing pursuit of ‘anti-aging’. You’ll hear about current beauty trends that are unsettling your skin with longer term (and unknown) effects, some of the natural ways your skin repairs itself plus som...
2023-11-211h 05The Before Hours PodcastPaddy DefinoGood Morning, folks! Paddy Defino is a comedian and podcaster. Follow him on Instagram (@Paddy_is_Funky) and watch News from Bed on YouTube (@newsfrombed).
2023-11-0659 min
Soul Salon with Ayandastood16: industrialized vs. spiritual beauty (💡: Jessica DeFino)Welcome to a new series within my podcast called Beauty Bites *insert chews*. This is an ode to and a home for the very many thoughts I have on Beauty politics and breaking the colonial Beauty paradigm. In today’s episode we discuss an idea I learned from Jessica DeFino’s Substack, The Unpublishable. It is the idea that the beauty we are sold (industrialized beauty) is not the beauty we actually yearn for or need as human beings on earth (spiritual beauty). I wanted to discuss Jessica’s powerful idea further on the pod, so here it goes.
2023-07-2829 min
Impressionable*Special Ep*: Unlearning beauty as we have been taught it w/ Jessica DeFinoHello hello, friends, enemies, lovers... welcome to Impressionable.This is the podcast that uncovers all of the small and big ways in which we have been shaped by the world around us. Each week I am joined by a different guest to learn how they have been influenced throughout their lives (for better or worse).In this very special episode, I am joined by the wonderful Jessica DeFino (@jessicadefino_). She is a freelance beauty journalist for The New York Times, Vogue, WWD, Allure, and more. However, I found DeFino's work from her amazing su...
2023-05-0746 min
VODKA O'CLOCKEp 2023-03: Terri-Lynne DeFinoListen to author Terri-Lynne DeFino talk about her books, what she loves about NJ, and writing choices. Support this show at Patreon.com/amberunmasked. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-04-0859 min
VODKA O'CLOCKEp 2023-03: Terri-Lynne DeFinoListen to author Terri-Lynne DeFino talk about her books, what she loves about NJ, and writing choices. Support this show at Patreon.com/amberunmasked.
2023-04-0859 min
Women of Influence by SheSpeaksJessica DeFino: Changing the Conversation Around BeautyWhen beauty standards are set by a consumption driven, money-making machine that we can engage with 24/7, it’s going to affect the way we think about and experience beauty. This episode, Aliza sits down with beauty reporter, Jessica DeFino, to talk about what’s currently happening in the beauty industry, how our fixation with ourselves is hurting us, and how we can start to change the conversation around beauty.Links & ResourcesJessica DeFinoThe Unpublishable NewsletterCDC Teen Study ResultsWant more from SheSpeaks?...
2023-03-2928 min
Impossible BeautyEpisode 120: Jessica DeFino: "Beauty Standards are Devastating Us"The Sunday Herald calls today’s guest, Jessica DeFino, “the woman the beauty industry fears.” That’s because Jessica, a beauty reporter and beauty culture critic, has seen the inner workings of the beauty industry and didn’t like it. More than that, Jessica now spends her time dismantling beauty standards, debunking marketing myths, and exploring how beauty culture impacts people — physically, psychologically, and spiritually.Jessica has written for outlets such as The New York Times, Vogue, Teen Vogue, Harper’s BAZAAR, Allure, New York Magazine’s The Cut, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Glamour, SELF, and many others. She now writes h...
2023-02-2853 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaVarina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story: A Novel by Terri-Lynne DeFinoPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story: A Novel Author: Terri-Lynne DeFino Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Varina Palladino’s Jersey Italian Love Story is fun and funny, wonderfully exuberant, and incredibly wise. These endearing characters—their voices and stories— will be with me for a long time to come. I didn’t want to say good-bye.” –Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Hieroglyphics An utterly delightful and surprising family drama—think Moonstruck and My Big Fat Greek Wedding...
2023-02-1405 min
Explore New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenVarina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story: A Novel by Terri-Lynne DeFinoPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story: A Novel Author: Terri-Lynne DeFino Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: “Varina Palladino’s Jersey Italian Love Story is fun and funny, wonderfully exuberant, and incredibly wise. These endearing characters—their voices and stories— will be with me for a long time to come. I didn’t want to say good-bye.” –Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Hieroglyphics An utterly delightful and surprising family drama—think Moonstruck and My Big Fat Greek Wedd...
2023-02-1405 min
Yes OffenseEp. 87: Fighting Fireball with Fireball feat. Tommy Holder and Paddy DefinoMy dudes, Tommy Holder and Paddy Defino, we’re nice enough to let me crash at their place while I found out where to live in New York City, and are again nice enough to come and do my podcast. We talk strange anatomy, the Lord of the Rings racial divides, and crazy shit I’ve seen since moving.
Please like, share, and subscribe so I can afford bodega weed.
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Tommy Holder @ltholderv
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2023-02-011h 07
The Active VoiceThe Active Voice: Jessica DeFino is revealing the real face of the beauty industry (and it’s not pretty)Jessica DeFino’s face literally had to peel off before she gave up on beauty products and turned a critical eye on the beauty industry. As a journalist covering the industry, she had been inundated with free beauty products, which she enthusiastically accepted. Then she developed dermatitis and had a bad reaction to the steroids she was prescribed to treat it.“My skin started peeling off of my face in chunks,” she says. “For months, my skin was just oozing red. I couldn’t put makeup on. I couldn’t use products. I could barely splash water on my face w...
2023-01-1955 min
What WorksEP 398: Self Help, LLC: Good Bodies With India Jackson, Tiffany Ima, and Jessica DeFinoI wanted to include an episode on bodies in the Self-Help, LLC series because so much of our modern discourse around productivity, empowerment, entrepreneurship, and personal growth includes messages about our bodies. These messages might not be explicit, but the messages are there—and our brains pick them up loud and clear.Similarly, we might not realize that we’re sharing messages that insert themselves into how others perceive their own bodies—but many of us are. It’s impossible to talk about self-discipline, accountability, or efficiency without those concepts leaving their marks on our flesh.This e...
2022-10-1854 min
IdealisticallyHealth, Hot Springs & Humanity with Jessica DeFinoIn this episode, beauty journalist + writer of The Unpublishable newsletter, Jessica DeFino (she/her), discusses what she would idealistically want in an ideal world, from nudist hot springs to the creativity of make-up...Hosted by 22-year-old artist + climate justice activist, Tolmeia Gregory (she/her - also known as, Tolly), Idealistically is the podcast where activists, artists, influencers, scientists and more are asked what they would idealistically want, in an ideal world, to inspire more people to start creating radical visions of the future.Thanks to TOGETHERBAND for supporting S2 of Idealistically, making it...
2022-10-0345 min
Doing It Right with Pandora SykesThe myth of good skin, with Jessica DeFinoJessica DeFino is not your regular beauty journalist. After finding her pieces were regularly rejected from newspapers and magazines for being too incendiary, or dissing beauty brands who advertised, she founded her newsletter, The Unpublishable, where, in her own words she “dismantles beauty standards, debunks marketing myths and explores how beauty culture impacts people”. It now has 40,000 readers.
The Huffington Post once described her as “giving the middle finger to the entire beauty industry”.
Jess and I discuss why clear skin isn’t a health objective but an aesthetic one, the evolution of...
2022-09-0153 min
Forever35Episode 229: Interrogating Beauty Culture with Jessica DeFinoKate and Doree interview pro-skin/anti-product beauty reporter Jessica DeFino. They discuss how our obsession with beauty culture is by design, which industries have been influenced and altered by it, and why cis-gendered participation in beauty culture encourages oppressive systems. To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach them at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com.Visit forever35podcast.com for links to everything they mention on the show or visit shopmyshelf.us/forever35.Follow the podcast on Twitter (@Forever35Pod) and Instagram (@Forever35Podcast) a...
2022-07-2052 min
Moonbeaming69. Divesting from Beauty Culture with Jessica Defino: Finding Unconditional Acceptance, and Ending Self BetrayalDo you want to let go of your toxic relationship with beauty but don’t know where to start? Look no further. Sarah talks with beauty journalist, cultural thinker, and philosopher Jessica DeFino about how we all can divest from beauty culture and put that energy toward true self care. Jessica and Sarah consider the hard hitting questions: What are we losing when we worship at western standards of beauty? Does true beauty have to be physical? Who is really profiting when we gain empowerment from physical appearance? Listen in for thoughtful discussion on beauty standards and practical advice on...
2022-07-1453 min
aha MomentsEp. 115 - Mi Cuerpo No Me Define, Yo Defino a Mi Cuerpo con Ceci AguileraQue levante la mano quien no quiere cambiar alguna parte de su cuerpo... y las manos se quedan abajo. Asi, todos y principalmente todas, tenemos un conflicto con lo que vemos en el espejo. Ceci Aguilera, da vida a Fitspiration una plataforma de entrenamiento físico con un mensaje muy claro: motivar a otros para hacer cambios positivos en su estilo de vida, hacer ejercicio por bienestar físico, emocional y mental, no por cumplir con canones de belleza establecidos que hoy mas que nunca estan dañando a las personas, particularmente a las mujeres de todas las edades. Su...
2022-07-121h 18
Natch BeautElizabeth Kott interviews Jessica DeFino- Jackie J's Maternity Leave Guest Host Extravaganza Jackie J is on maternity leave from Natch Beaut! But honey, do not worry- the Natch Beaut feed is STILL gonna be poppin' off with guest-hosted eps from some of your favorite past guests and Jackie's dearest pals. Today, one of Jackie's all time fave Natch Beauts/co-host of the iconic That's So Retrograde podcast Elizabeth Kott chats with beauty guru and reporter Jessica DeFino, and there is SO much to discuss! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-06-1647 min
SuperFeast PodcastDeconstructing The Beauty Industry with Jessica DeFinoThey say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but how much of our perception of what we perceive as 'beautiful' is being prescribed, moulded, and manipulated through marketing campaigns and products? What if beauty brands were regulated by a set of ethical standards that didn't allow them to prey on our insecurities to sell their products? Let's be real, beauty brands have a vested interest in you not feeling good about yourself, in you wanting to change something about your appearance or enhance your features; It's how they sell their products. We're exploring all...
2022-03-151h 14
The Glow Life with Maria Marlowe3: Breaking Beauty with Jessica DefinoIf you don't know Jessica Defino yet, you need to. She is a beauty reporter gone rogue, calling out the industry's BS - from questionable ingredients and marketing (even "clean" skincare is on her target list), to impossible beauty standards rooted in white supremacy, colonialism, and the patriarchy. You will never see skincare quite the same after this episode or reading her thought-provoking weekly newsletter, the Unpublishable. In this episode she shares the tipping point that made her question everything she knew about skincare (hint: after using a dermatologist-prescribed pharmaceutical to solve one skin problem, it created another, perhaps worse...
2022-01-1346 min
The Beauty Haus by Shannon KimJessica DeFino: THE UNPUBLISHABLEJessica DeFino, Beauty Reporter and Critic, shares her journey to journalism, how a skin crisis led her to examine the downsides of beauty culture and the lessons she's learned through it all. She shares her secrets for cultivating self-love from the inside out and the collective action we can take to dismantle the social programming from beauty culture and standards.Her natural gifts are.:- Authentic self-expression- Truth- Writing- Performing- Empathy - Nurturinghttps://jessicadefino.substack.com IG: @theshannonkim ,www.Sha...
2021-12-0559 min
The F*ck It PodcastF*ck It Skincare with Jessica DeFinoIn today's episode, reporter Jessica DeFino explains how our skin works, and how beauty culture is actually damaging our skin health with skin "care" products. This is one of my favorite episodes on my podcast so far, (up there with my Laziness Does Not Exist episode from a year ago).Just like our relationship with food and diets, where we are led to believe we need diets, which leads to worse health and a worse relationship with food longterm… the same thing is true for our skin. Beauty companies have convinced us we need their products, but their products ar...
2021-11-281h 03
F*ck It Skincare with Jessica DeFinoIn today’s episode, reporter Jessica DeFino explains how our skin works, and how beauty culture is actually damaging our skin health with skin “care” products. This is one of my favorite episodes on my podcast so far, (up there with my Laziness Does Not Exist episode from a year ago).
Just like our relationship with food and diets, where we are led to believe we need diets, which leads to worse health and a worse relationship with food longterm… the same thing is true for our skin. Beauty companies have convinced us we need their products, but thei...
2021-11-281h 03
The Yours Chewly PodcastEpisode 154: All About Skincare Culture...Diet Culture's Face-Focused Twin with Jessica DeFinoDear Listener,
In this episode, I'm joined by the incredible Jessica DeFino for a conversation about the many parallels between skincare culture and diet culture. Jessica also explains what healthy skin can look like, how it functions, and how we can begin to reevaluate our relationships with skincare and beauty products.
Jessica is a pro-skin/anti-product beauty reporter whose work focuses on dismantling beauty standards, debunking marketing myths, and exploring how beauty culture impacts people — physically, psychologically, and psychospiritually.
You can find her articles in The New York Times, Vogue, WWD, Teen Vogue, Harper’s BAZAAR, Allure, New York Magazine’s The...
2021-11-1745 min
SheSez with Linda GrassoThe Skincare Products A Beauty Industry Journalist/Critic Swears By w/ Jessica DefinoBeauty industry journalist and critic Jessica Defino shares what she has uncovered interviewing scientists about the long-term effects of using anti-aging products including two of the most highly touted: retinol and hyaluronic acid. The clean beauty proponent and minimalist also shares the four products she routinely uses on her own skin. Jessica’s articles have appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Allure. Jessica's career was born out of her experiences working as an app content creator for two of the Kardashian sisters. The job required Jessica to frequently sam...
2021-11-1626 min
Platicas de Emprendimientro Cientifico y Tecnologico: Hablemos de Negocios"¿Cómo defino mi emprendimiento?"¿Te has preguntado si tú idea de negocio es buena? Entonces, no te pierdas la plática "¿Cómo defino mi emprendimiento?" Impartida por la Lic. Aime Islas
2021-10-2155 min
Nathan Barry Archive049: Jessica DeFino - Using Musicality and Rhythm To Dramatically Improve Your WritingJessica DeFino is a freelance beauty journalist living in Los Angeles, California. For the past seven years Jessica has been writing, researching, editing, and publishing about the beauty and wellness industry. Her work has appeared in Vogue, The Cut, Fashionista.com, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Business Insider, SELF, HelloGiggles, Harper's Bazaar, and more.Before starting her career as a freelance journalist, Jessica worked as a beauty writer for The Zoe Report. She was Director of Communications at Fame and Partners, and worked as a ghostwriter for Khloé Kardashian and Kendall Jenner.Jessica earned her bachelor’s deg...
2021-09-2755 min
The Twelfth HouseDeconstructing Beauty and Wellness Trends with Jessica DefinoToday, journalist, author, and beauty industry visionary, Jessica Defino joins us to deconstruct the underbelly of beauty and wellness and what we can do as individuals and communities, to interrogate our relationship with these industries to create a more magical and collectively empowered future.[0:02:00] Intro to today's guest, Jessica Defino, a journalist who deconstructs unrealistic beauty and wellness standards and trends [0:06:00] Jessica describes her journey into beauty journalism and what brought her there [0:13:00] How to work in the beauty and wellness industries but not be of it [0:14:00] What Jessica believes the beauty industry is founded on [0:17:00] The...
2021-09-0749 min
Maybe Baby🎧: Who gets to be beautiful? w/ Jessica DeFinoYou’re receiving my Tuesday podcast because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week.Hey!This week I invited beauty critic Jessica DeFino on the pod to talk about beauty culture. This is a followup to my Sunday newsletter about beauty anxiety. We discuss everything from Botox and the problem with “clean beauty,” to the source of beauty standards and the costs and benefits of divesting from them.Some links to things we ment...
2021-06-221h 07
Clean Beauty SchoolIs “clean beauty” problematic? | beauty expert & journalist Jessica DeFino“I wish clean beauty would care about toxic beauty standards the same way it cares about toxic beauty ingredients. Because when you look at the physical and mental harm caused by beauty standards versus beauty ingredients, there's no contest: Beauty standards are so destructive to our psychological harm and to our physical bodies,” says beauty expert & journalist Jessica DeFino. In this episode of Clean Beauty School, beauty director Alexandra Engler and DeFino discuss beauty standards, how to define clean (if you can), and how to help your skin—no products necessary. Show notes:-Read...
2021-06-1455 min
Saturn Returns with CaggieDismantling Beauty Standards with Jessica DeFinoIn this thought-provoking conversation Caggie is joined by award-winning reporter Jessica Defino, whose work focuses on deconstructing beauty standards and the beauty industry. They discuss how social media has created an unachievable, perfect aesthetic that people are trying to maintain and recreate through surgical procedures, and how the ability to alter our image digitally and physically, has intensified our obsession with beauty and youth. This conversation explores why certain structures benefit from this, and how disempowering it is for the collective, why we need to disconnect value from beauty, and how we can start to have conversations that dismantle...
2021-04-1952 min
Beauty in ProgressRevolutionizing the Beauty Industry with Jessica DeFinoDownload Podcast TranscriptLet’s redefine beauty standards! Today's guest is Jessica DeFIno, a pro-skin and anti-product beauty reporter covering supportive and sustainable skincare based on science and spirituality. With a degree in songwriting from Berklee College of Music, she brings a unique perspective to her writing with the lyrical qualities of storytelling, fluency, and connection to the audience. Her work in the beauty industry started because she had a problem with it. Through her research on sustainable skin products, she seeks to find what is truly healthy to leave behind bad products that position themselves as em...
2021-03-1854 min
Made By Many with Kara RoselleNo. 2 Jessica DeFino - The Myth of Skin Types, Unlearning & Supportive SkincareAuthor of "The End of the Shelfie" and "F*ck G**p", beauty reporter Jessica DeFino dives into the myths of the beauty industry, healing through vanity, and her personal skincare routine. Follow her on Instagram @jessicadefino_.
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2021-01-1149 min
Off the RecordReprogramming Our Relationship with Beauty with Jessica DeFinoIf you find yourself as the main subject of one of Jessica DeFino’s journalistic endeavors, you’ve either done something incredibly right—or you’re about to get served up a hot dish of Here’s What’s Up. Her seasoned nose can sniff out voids, WTFs, and missed opportunities like nobody else in the writing world. She gives credit where credit is due, and she’s ferociously fair about telling the whole story. She’s a beauty journalist covering supportable, sustainable skincare through the lens of science and spirituality. She’s dipped her toes into a bit of everything, fro...
2021-01-1154 min
Characters by Laura Diez133: The Science of Skin + Myths of the Beauty Industry | Jessica DeFino
Jessica DeFino is a beauty reporter covering supportive, sustainable skincare based in science and spirituality. She has made a serious name for herself as a beauty reporter firstly specializing in clean beauty, which is a niche, and furthermore as a beauty reporter than does not actively participate in beauty routines and products. Her work aims to break down the mystery of products and brands and beauty trends by discussing ingredient efficacy and skin science – she gives you the research to say whether or not something is really going to work, or if it’s just nice packaging. Her can be f...
2020-12-0143 min
The Charisse ReportEp. 53: #BeautyBuzz – the microbiome-friendly skincare products that beauty reporter Jessica DeFino swears byAlthough Jessica DeFino’s Instagram bio says she’s the ‘beauty reporter who doesn’t use beauty products’, she actually does have a few favourites, mainly due to her search for a natural solution to her Dermatitis.
In this #BeautyBuzz episode she shares the products that she truly loves, why she loves a bit of DIY and explains how Jojoba Oil has saved her Accutane-damaged sebaceous glands. Be sure to check out Jessica’s work at https://www.jessica-defino.com and find her on Instagram at @jessicadefino_
You can find me @beautymepodcast or check out my personal...
2020-11-0616 min
The Charisse ReportEp. 52: Disrupting and dismantling the beauty business with beauty reporter Jessica DeFinoSo excited to share this episode with you! If you want to hear refreshing, honest commentary on the beauty industry from someone who clearly does their research, then this is the episode for you.
Jessica DeFino is a beauty writer based in New Jersey, but I like to think of her as more of an investigator. She's written for the likes of Harper’s Bazaar, The Zoe Report, Allure – the list goes on… During that time Jessica has created a niche for herself as someone who doesn’t believe evetything that big beauty has to tell us. Of cours...
2020-10-3042 min
Naked BeautyLeftovers: Self-Care, Anti-Candida Diets, Drinkable Collagen & Ingestible Retinol ft. Jess DefinoDoes self-care always involve a purchase? Can you get the benefits of collagen and retinol in a drink? Does the world really need butt masks? Beauty writer Jess Defino and I tackle these questions and more on this leftovers edition of the #nakedbeautypodcast. Make sure you listen to our full episode [Spotify, Apple Podcasts] if you missed it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-09-2108 minNaked Beauty'Clean', Feminist & Soul-Centered Beauty ft. Skincare & Wellness Writer Jess Defino“We are living in a time when it is almost impossible to distinguish our own urges and our own sense of empowerment from the beauty standards we have been fed since birth”- Clean Beauty Writer Jess DefinoThis interview with beauty and wellness writer Jess Defino is one that you are going to want to listen to over and over again. TRUST. Whether your skincare routine is two steps or ten, beauty pervades all of our lives in one way or another, and it’s time that we discuss why. Tune in for an incredibly deep discus...
2020-09-071h 11
EscuchaLa!YO DEFINO MIS SUEÑOS - "Tu defines tu sueño a cumplir"-EscuchaLa! Ft. Conectados-Jorge Luis Gamarra.Te aseguro que al final de este Podcasts podras decir con seguridad "Yo defino mis Sueños". Asi que Conectados para EscucharLa Diferenci, Vamos!.Conectados. Producciones Vida.Alexander Gamarra Vidal/Productor.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alex-gamarra-vidal/message
2020-07-1013 min
Climergency: a sustainability podcastRedefining Clean Beauty with Jessica DeFinoJessica DeFino (aka Jessica L. Yarbrough) is a beauty reporter covering natural, holistic & sustainable skin care. We dig into the definition of clean beauty, how her "problem skin" led her down a long, winding road towards sustainability, the incestuous nature of the beauty & media industries that results in misinformation, her personal skincare routine, some shocking statistics that might make you rethink your own routine & more.
2020-05-2122 min
Podcast de BotecoPodcast de Boteco #003 - com Ângelo DefinoPrograma especial contando com a participação de um dos maiores historiadores Alvinegros,
Ângelo De Col Defino, e também uma entrevista exclusiva com o goleiro Jonathan, do título
paranaense de 2015.
2020-04-141h 01
Get Down To Business with Scott "Shalom" KleinGet Down To Business with Shalom Klein – 9/6/2015 – with Mayor Jerry Turry, Dan Defino, Chris Everett and Tom FigielJoin Shalom Klein on his weekly radio show, Get Down To Business with guests:
Mayor Jerry Turry
Dan Defino
Chris Everett
Tom Figiel
2020-03-2454 min
Olga VargasTony Cedeño Andrade: " ¿COMO DEFINO TU SILUETA "?Voz : Olymar.-De: Un Relato con Miles de Sueños y
¿Cómo Defino tu Silueta?
Y de nuevo un haz de luz fosforescente se eleva hasta el unísono cual nota de saxofón, y de nuevo ella inflama mi verso de alegría y amor.
Niña, ¡colibrí de azules tintes!, eres la sombra noctámbula, mi espíritu lleno de rocío, mi paso, tu huella; esa fuerza, ese trozo de mar y de tierra donde se funde lo anhelado, lo querido, lo deseado.
Esposa del te quiero, requerimiento de mi sueño, hay un sol tras todo ocaso parecido a tu...
2018-08-0109 min
Enjoy Selection of Full Audiobooks in Fiction & Literature, GeneralBar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses): A Novel - Terri-Lynne DeFinoListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses): A NovelAuthor: Terri-Lynne DeFinoNarrator: Bernadette DunneFormat: UnabridgedLength: 12:29:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 06-12-2018Publisher: HarperAudioGenres: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary WomenSummary:A whimsical, moving novel about a retirement home for literary legends who spar, conjure up new stories, and almost magically change the lives of the people around them.
Alfonse Carducci was a literary giant who lived his life...
2018-06-1212h 29