ICYMI: Does This Makeup Make Me Look Republican?

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🗓️ 8 March 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay have been tracking the many influencers “coming out” as Republicans, as well as what they all have in common: their makeup. Bad eyeliner aside, this new cast of conservative creators are younger, trendier, and ditching the typical influencer hub of Los Angeles for Nashville. With Republican influencers looking a lot different than they did five years ago, Candice and Kate break down what this could mean for the influencing industry as a whole. This podcast is produced by Alexandra Botti, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim, and Kate Lindsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Candace Lim.
0:15.9	And I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.
0:19.4	In case you missed it.
0:21.1	Slate's podcast about internet culture. And Kate, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I. In case you missed it. Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:23.5	And Kate, do you watch the White Lotus?
0:26.4	I do watch the White Lotus.
0:27.7	I can't say I necessarily watch for the murders anymore.
0:31.1	I kind of tune in aspirationally.
0:33.1	I would like to stay at a White Lotus resort.
0:36.6	Same.
0:36.6	The happenings have not turned me off.
0:39.3	I want to be one of the background characters, though.
0:41.6	Like, I don't want anything to happen to me.
0:43.2	I don't want to be a character in it.
0:44.8	But I want to be, like, the one who's in the pool, a few chairs behind, looking over,
0:49.5	like, that family seems weird.
0:51.0	But, like, I'm not part of the drama in any way.
0:53.0	But are you watching? What do you think of this season? Yeah, I am watching this season. And I got to say, it's not the
0:59.3	best season of White Lotus to me, but I do think it's still like captivating Sunday appointment
1:03.9	TV. I'm always sitting there. What I do find interesting about this season, though, is that usually
1:09.7	when a new season of White Lotus drops,
1:11.9	there's always like a moment or a clip that goes viral. I'm thinking, oh, I don't know. These gays are
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