Beauty Is $$$: How to Hop Off The "Hot Girl Hamster Wheel"
b'Today\'s episode throws it back to a concept I first wrote about several years ago: The Hot Girl Hamster Wheel. It refers to the expensive maintenance that \\u201ctraditional female beauty ideals\\u201d prescribe: haircuts, manis/pedis, spray tans...the list goes on. But why is this never covered in personal finance sector, despite how much these costs add up?\\nWe dig into the numbers, the effects beauty has on our self-esteem and the world around us, and how to do a Hot Girl Detox to reclaim your time (and wallet). I\'m joined by Jessica DeFino, a beauty culture critic, author of The Unpublishable (https://jessicadefino.substack.com/), and journalist who\'s been called "the woman the beauty industry fears."\\nTranscripts can be found at podcast.moneywithkatie.com\\n\\u2014\\nMentioned in the Episode\\n\\nHow \'Empowerment\' Became Something for Women to Buy by Jia Tolentino, from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/how-empowerment-became-something-for-women-to-buy.html\\n\\n\\nThe average American woman spends $3,756 on her beauty and personal care regimen: https://swnsdigital.com/us/2017/06/women-spend-a-quarter-of-a-million-dollars-on-their-appearance-in-a-lifetime/\\n\\n\\nSelf-Care Culture is Making Us Broke, with Chelsea Fagan: https://podcast.moneywithkatie.com/self-care-culture-is-making-us-broke-with-chelsea-fagan/\\n\\n\\nStudies on "Pretty Privilege": https://scholarworks.smith.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1822&context=theses\\n\\n\\nThe Age of Instagram Face by Jia Tolentino in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/decade-in-review/the-age-of-instagram-face\\n\\n\\n\\u2014\\n\\ufeffFollow Along at Money with Katie: https://moneywithkatie.com/\\nWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MoneywithKatie\\n\\nFollow Money with Katie!\\n- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moneywithkatie/\\n- Twitter: https://twitter.com/moneywithkatie\\n\\xa0\\nSubscribe to The Money with Katie Newsletter\\n- Sign up for free today: https://www.morningbrew.com/money-with-katie/subscribe/2\\n\\nFollow the Brew!\\n- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/\\n- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorningBrew\\n- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'