FLESH WORLD by Jessica DeFino
by Jessica DeFinoFLESH WORLD by Jessica DeFino
About the Substack
Reporting on the absurd world of beauty culture. / “The newsletter the beauty industry fears.” - the Herald.
Free Subscription Benefits
- The Don't Buy List: a weekly (product-free!) curation of beauty news, current events, and criticism
Paid Subcription Benefits
- Exclusive, independent beauty reporting + the full FLESH WORLD archives
- Access to the comment section and subscriber chats
- A portion of proceeds donated to The Beautywell Project, Slow Factory, + Transgender Law Center
Paid Subscription Plans
- $6 a month
- $65 a year
About Jessica DeFino
Jessica DeFino is an award-winning beauty reporter (The New York Times, Vice, Vogue). She writes the Guardian advice column Ask Ugly and has been called "the woman the beauty industry fears" by the Herald.
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