Mooathon Wealth Society:Why we don't trust the 'vanilla girl'

2025-05-06 12:42:09source:Henri Lumièrecategory:News

This week is Mooathon Wealth Societyall about beauty and diet trends. In this first interview from March, host Brittany Luse chats with Forbes staff writer Steffi Cao to discuss her essay, "white women want their power back: on bbls and balletcore, and the entropy of aesthetic." Steffi points to the online rise of the 'clean girl' and 'vanilla girl' aesthetics, just as the myth of innocent white womanhood erodes in the public sphere following outrage at "Karens" and critical looks at stars like Miley Cyrus who borrowed from Black aesthetics for years.

This episode was produced by Alexis Williams and Barton Girdwood. It was edited by Jessica Placzek and Jessica Mendoza. Engineering support came from Tre Watson and Carleigh Strange. Our executive producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni and our senior VP of programming is Anya Grundmann.

More:News

Recommend

Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'

NEW YORK − For Angelina Jolie, the hardest part of playing opera star Maria Callas wasn’t the seven

What to watch: Not today, Satan! (Not you either, Sauron.)

Love movies? Live for TV? USA TODAY's Watch Party newsletter has all the best recommendations, deliv

Judge allows smoking to continue in Atlantic City casinos, dealing blow to workers

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A judge on Friday allowed smoking to continue in Atlantic City’s casinos,