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Best of FM: Philosopher Heather Widdows

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4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Lookism, or looks-based discrimination, doesn’t get society’s attention like sexism and racism, but philosopher Heather Widdows thinks it should. In one of our favorite interviews (originally aired in 2021, presented here with a new September 2023 intro), she explains the ethics of beauty and why beauty companies use moral language (“Be your best self!”) to sell products. This episode will make you rethink the way you talk about (and judge) other people's looks—and reconsider the way you respond when others comment on your appearance.


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0:00.0

Okay. Okay. It's September. See us this month. Very, very strange energy I'm bringing

0:18.6

into September. But wow, I mean, what a summer. So that's totally over yet. But my point

0:24.7

is we're in September, which is my favorite month. It is my birthday month. And it's not

0:28.4

because of some kind of strange adult who's obsessed with their birthday. But rather I

0:33.9

just love. Wait, sidebar. What's up with those people? You know that friend, guys. You have

0:42.2

that friend. And like, we just let them get away with it every year. Don't worry with

0:46.6

it. Who am I to judge? You're a woman in her 40s. You need to get over your birthday

0:51.3

is what you are. No, I'm sorry. I'm talking to that woman. It's any age, any age other

0:56.6

than like, once you're in double digits and you're over 10 years old, settle down over

1:00.1

11, 11 year old have their fine, fine, 18, 21, where when can we put the limit on like

1:08.8

celebrating yourself to like a weird degree that you make your friends spend a lot of money

1:13.1

and or time on you and like want all attention on you? I have a friend who is a birthday month.

1:18.9

She literally. I know. She's like, well, it's my month. And I think she's kidding, but

1:23.9

I'm not sure. And it's not just Matlin, everyone. I think there are probably reasons that

1:31.0

that person will never reveal or that person might not be aware of or maybe that person's

1:35.8

just celebrating life. And that there's nothing wrong with that. Or they just want I, you

1:41.9

know, whenever I've gotten people together for my birthday, it's like, you know, it's

1:44.7

not about me and my birthday. It's like an excuse to get people together because there

1:47.7

are fewer of those like as you get older, which I've definitely noticed in like the past

1:53.2

no, that's one thing. I don't think that's what I'm you know, that's not the energy. I'm

1:57.1

talking to the person that like we're all meeting at this restaurant and never going here

2:01.3

and then like, you can't leave. And then there's oh, so and so isn't coming. Why isn't she

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