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\u201cYou know, beauty is such an interesting term. I think it's really important how vast and complex it is\xa0\u2026\xa0we call people beautiful, I call my dog beautiful every day. I call food I eat beautiful, I call bitter, bitter coffee, beautiful, I call an idea beautiful. A mathematical concept can be beautiful, a sunset, the natural world, a performance, a song, certainly works of art, but\xa0\u2026\xa0I've heard myself say, What a beautiful attempt, a failed attempt, but a beautiful or like a beautiful mistake, what a beautiful mistake that was, a beautiful error or a beautiful cutting remark even, so it's such an interesting term, because we can use it in so many ways.\u201d

Easy Beauty\xa0is Chlo\xe9\xa0Cooper Jones\u2019 first book, and it\u2019s an incredibly smart and provocative combination of memoir, travel essay and philosophical treatise on beauty and our experience\xa0with\xa0beauty, and it\u2019s out now. Chlo\xe9\xa0joins us on the show to talk about what beauty looks and feels like to her, how it feels to live in a body that people stare at (and touch without invitation), how we talk and think about disability, vulnerability and self-acceptance, and so much more with Poured Over\u2019s host, Miwa Messer. And we end the episode with a TBR Topoff segment featuring Margie and Marc.

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Featured Books:

Easy Beauty\xa0by Chlo\xe9 Cooper Jones

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Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer. This episode was mixed by Chris Gillespie. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).

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