Too-Perfect Teeth (ENCORE)
Unladylike
Unladylike Media
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
With the rise of the "perfectly imperfect" veneer ideal, it's the perfect time to revisit how beauty culture got here. (And subscribe to The Review of Beauty by Jessica Defino!) Why are more young women trading in their natural teeth for cosmetic veneers? What does it say about beauty standards, class perceptions and the dental healthcare gap? Writer Jessica Goldstein drills down on the rise of cosmetic dentistry, aesthetic veneers, head-to-toe "hotness creep" and her brilliant Washington Post feature, "Have you noticed that everyone's teeth look a little too perfect?"
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| 0:00.0 | You know what that is. |
| 0:04.0 | An ice cold beer. |
| 0:07.0 | What's different? |
| 0:09.0 | It's Budweiser, a perfect beer for party season. |
| 0:14.0 | Best enjoyed with your best buds. |
| 0:20.0 | Cheers to that. Budweiser, Lackenosa. best enjoyed with your best butts. |
| 0:22.3 | Cheers to that. |
| 0:25.3 | Budweiser, like no other. |
| 0:26.8 | Please drink responsibly. |
| 0:28.5 | For the facts, visit drinkaware.com. Okay. |
| 0:29.9 | Hey, young ladies. |
| 0:31.2 | It's me, Kristen. |
| 0:33.3 | This is one of my favorite episodes. |
| 0:36.1 | It came out last September, and I just had to let you know, |
| 0:40.5 | in case any of you are subscribers to Jessica Defino's fantastic substack, The Review of Beauty, |
| 0:49.2 | no, this is not an ad, but I knew that this best-of rerun was meant to be because this week, subject line of Monday's newsletter, fake teeth that look real. |
| 1:05.5 | And I'm flagging this, for one thing, as a recommendation, I mean, if you find yourself overwhelmed with products, |
| 1:13.7 | you need to subscribe to the review of beauty. |
| 1:16.3 | Pertinent to this episode, though, everything you're about to hear has only continued |
| 1:21.5 | and is now looping back around to the trend of what are being called perfectly imperfect veneers. |
| 1:29.4 | Angelina Chapin reported in the cut that most folks getting these perfectly imperfect veneers |
| 1:36.2 | are, quote, people in their late teens to mid-30s who do not have any obvious dental defects. |
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