Can Lipstick Be an Act of Political Warfare? Let Beauty Writer and Author Arabelle Sicardi Explain
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
We know some of you may be anxious as it’s Election Day in the US and you may want to take your mind off what’s going on. Today's ep dissects about how beauty and politics collide, from red lipstick being used as a symbol of political warefare to a monumental makeup moment that many point to changing an election's outcome. Our guest is beauty writer and author Arabelle Sicardi. Arabelle is an incredible journalist who writes about the interesection of beauty and politics. Arabelle has written for Teen Vogue, Vogue Business, The Cut, Refinery29, Dazed, Allure, and many more; they are currently working on a non-fiction book titled “The House of Beauty” and wrote the book Queer Heroes, which you can pick up through Bookshop.
We hope you voted today and practice some self care throughout the week, whether that’s doing a relaxing skincare routine, ordering your favorite meal or binge watching your favorite nostalgic tv show.
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| 0:00.0 | So when I say beauty is terror, I do mean that it can be terrifying. And it is a terrible thing for what it's used for. But, you know, it's a tool like anything else and you need to know how to use it. |
| 0:14.2 | Hi, everyone. It's Kirby. Welcome the Los Angeles. Wow. November 3rd, 2020. What a day. I am saying the date because I want to be |
| 0:27.5 | able to look back and think about this episode when I think about this day because I think this is probably, |
| 0:33.8 | first of all, it's election day. So let's get that out of the way. This is one of those elections that is monumental for so many people. And I know this is probably the most important election Sarah and I have ever participated in. And I know that a lot of you are excited and eager to see what the results will be. |
| 0:56.2 | Just a reminder, we probably won't know today. |
| 0:58.8 | And a lot of us are feeling anxious and nervous. |
| 1:02.4 | If you are feeling that way, I feel you 100% and it's okay. |
| 1:06.4 | But I hope that you will do some things to take care of yourself as well, whether that's a long |
| 1:11.4 | skincare routine or making or ordering your favorite meal or binge watching your favorite |
| 1:17.1 | nostalgic TV show, do something for you today and throughout the week just to make yourself |
| 1:22.8 | feel good and feel better. I just feel like there's so much anxiety and so many nerves going into this |
| 1:28.8 | election that people are trying to figure out ways to cope with the fear of the unknown. |
| 1:35.6 | This is not going to be a politics-free episode. Y'all know that Sarah and I have been vocal |
| 1:40.1 | about our political views in the past, so we've never shied away from politics here. That being said, |
| 1:46.2 | we're not focusing on the election and the candidates in front of us for this episode. We wanted to |
| 1:53.7 | talk about beauty and politics and how they work together, how they drive people apart, how they're used as a tactic and a tool. |
| 2:06.0 | We found that aspect of beauty really interesting. |
| 2:10.4 | And one of my favorite episodes, I know Sarah loves this episode too, and we know it's a fan favorite, is Amanda Montel's episode. |
| 2:16.9 | If you haven't listened to it, |
| 2:18.2 | Amanda is a former beauty editor. She's an author and a linguist. And she talked about the linguistics |
| 2:24.0 | of the beauty industry and how it mimics a cult. And so many of you found us through that episode |
| 2:30.7 | and also have said that you became fans of Amanda because of that episode. |
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