Body Type

Body Type

On celebrity 'cosmetic transparency': A Q&A with Jessica DeFino

Why is Dolly Parton’s plastic surgery *energy* different from Kim Kardashian's?

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Mikala Jamison
Dec 19, 2022
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For more on the intersection of body image and celebrity culture, check out my previous pieces: “On Taylor Swift’s Scalegate,” “No celebrity can be a body image icon,” “I cannot stop thinking about this 2009 survey about women’s bodies,” and “Don’t police people’s bodies unless they’re hot.” The full Body Type archive is here.

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