On Episode 16 Required Reading, journalist Dana Oliver joins On Reflection host Funmi Fetto to discuss the Refinery 29 feature on what Kamala Harris inauguration as US Vice President says about light skinned privilege and America’s investment in whiteness
Read MoreIn this week’s show, I am joined by Darian Symone Harvin, Founder of Beauty IRL, a newsletter covering beauty at the intersection of politics and pop culture. Her writing can also be found at New York Times, Refinery29, Teen Vogue, and The Cut. We discuss Emily Rata’s attempt to buy herself back, QAnon and the wellness industry, and ask why black beauty stores are rarely owned by black people. In Praise Of … is Murad’s Invisiscar Resurfacing Treatment and on Talking Points, our guest is Noelly Michoux, co-founder of 4.5.6 Skin, the new groundbreaking personalised skin care brand for darker skin tones. She discusses the necessity for such a brand and how the beauty industry continues to negate Black skin and Black female founders.
Read MoreIn Episode 6, Tamison O’Connor of the Business of Fashion joins me for Required Reading to discuss the two pieces on the US Vice President Elect Kamala Harris.
Read MoreIn Episode 6, our Reading Required guest, the Business of Fashion’s Tamison O’Connor joins me to discuss Jessica DeFino’s New York Times piece on whether the pandemic has forced us to eschew the pressure to get our nails ‘done’- sometimes to the detriment of our nails - and instead embrace the naked nail and prioritise its health.
Read MoreIn Episode 4, Phoebe McDowell, Assistant Editor at BURO 24 joins me for Required Reading. We discuss Jo Ellison's column in the Financial Times about how Congresswoman AOC, Vanity Fair’s December 2020 cover star, uses her love of make up to take on the patriarchy.
Read MoreIn this week’s show, I and my guest Kathleen Hou, The Cut and New York Magazine’s Beauty Director, discuss why TikTokers are cancelling Hair by Chrissy, fat shaming by instagram and toxic beauty ingredients. The influential make up artist Mali Thomas (and new Global Artist in Residence for Bobbi Brown) joins me to share her journey and thoughts on colorism and representation.
Read MoreIn Episode 2 , Required Reading looks at the story in GQ.COM that discusses Trump writing off $70000 on taxes for hairstyling services and how the haircut has become a weapon in politics - and how women such as Alexandra Ocasio Cortez - bear much of the brunt of it.
Read MoreIn Episode 1 we discuss using make up as a political tool.
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