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Facetune

Why isn’t “airbrushed skin for all” written in the constitution? For years, photoshop was a professional’s game, gatekept, if you will, from the masses. But then Facetune came about and forever changed the course of history, democratizing photoshop to the dysmorphic masses. The promise of a user-friendly photoshop experience, where anybody could fabricate their appearance, was more seductive than anything because, by the year 2017, Facetune was the most popular paid app around. But as people begin to hide behind their social media avatars, and as our avatars become less realistic by the day, we can’t help but wonder whether Facetune has damaged our self-perception forever. In this finale episode, Hannah and Maia discuss the impact of Facetune - from the advent of “no face,” to Celebface turning “facetune-spotting” into a sport, to plastic surgeons using it as a conditioning tool. Has our vain, over-stimulated visual culture raised the ceiling so high that we now aspire to look like aliens? Tangents include: Lena Dunham’s new show, and Mary M. Cosby’s photoshop skills. Support us on Patreon and get juicy bonus content:⁠https://www.patreon.com/rehashpodcast⁠Intro and outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills:⁠https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusicOur Sponsors:* Check out Mood and use our code REHASH for a great deal: https://mood.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Glossier

For those of us whose “smokey eye” and “blending” skills fell short during the beauty guru makeup regime, Glossier was our saviour. Founded by “super intern” Emily Weiss (who has a brief 3-episode run on The Hills as Lauren Conrad’s more competent counterpart at Vogue), Glossier popularized the “no makeup” makeup look of the mid to late 2010s. With its minimalist branding, it quickly became a cult brand. Glossier was what Apple was to tech, what American Apparel was to fashion. And even better, it was feminist. Rising from the ashes of the beauty guru was the “Glossier girl” - an effortlessly beautiful cool girl who spent all that time she WOULD be doing her makeup…reading. But, in this episode, Hannah and Maia ask whether Glossier was really all that great. Can a makeup brand actually be feminist? Tangents include: the tyranny of “alt” stuffed animals.Support us on Patreon and get juicy bonus content:⁠https://www.patreon.com/rehashpodcast⁠Intro and outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills:⁠https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusicOur Sponsors:* Check out Mood and use our code REHASH for a great deal: https://mood.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The BBL

In 2021, a flight to Atlanta was delayed for two hours to accomodate for 24 wheelchair-bound women who had just received a little procedure known as the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL). This was not an isolated incident. In the mid-2010s, the number of luteal fat grafting (BBL) procedures increased by 103 percent, as did BBL-related deaths. It was ass-mageddon. So, in this episode, Hannah and Maia trace the history of the BBL back to its very sketchy origins in Brazil under the purview of superstar plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy and a prominent eugenicist named Renato Kehl, and the impact that the country’s national mythology has had on the prevalence of the BBL today. From Miss BumBum contests, to Kim K’s reality TV butt X-ray, to Antony Bumba’s viral parodies of the BBL on TikTok, how exactly did we arrive at a culture where lives are risked for the sake of having a large dumpy? Tune in to find out. Support us on Patreon and get juicy bonus content:⁠https://www.patreon.com/rehashpodcast⁠Intro and outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills:⁠https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusicSOURCES:Carmen Alvaro Jarrín, The biopolitics of beauty: Cosmetic citizenship and affective capital in Brazil,” College of the Holy Cross (2017). Cansancao et al, ““Brazilian Butt Lift” Performed by BoardCertified Brazilian Plastic Surgeons: Reports of an Expert Opinion Survey,” Plast Reconstr Surg, 144(3) (2019). Dara Greenwood, “The BBL Bubble: How Social Media Fuels Body Modification,” Psychology Today (2021). Rebecca Jennings, “The $5,000 quest for the perfect butt,” Vox (2021). Banseka Kayembe, “Are we witnessing the end of the BBL era?” I-D (2021). Daniel F. Silva, “The hidden anti-Black history of Brazilian butt lifts,” Washington Post (2022). Mimi Thi Nguyen, The Promise of Beauty, Duke University Press (2024).Our Sponsors:* Check out Mood and use our code REHASH for a great deal: https://mood.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Baby Botox

People have been trying to reverse the effects of aging since ancient times, and bored rich people have been trying to live forever since, well…forever. But historically the practice has been targeted to people who are actually “aged.” So how did we go from Jane Fonda selling us miracle creams, to retinols marketed towards actual children? As the anti-aging “cosmeceuticals” market explodes before our very eyes, children overrun our locals Sephoras, and millionaires inject litres of their progeny’s blood - it seems the beauty industry has tapped into our collective, all-consuming fear of death, and exploited it to the very last drop. In this episode, Hannah and Maia discuss the emergence of cosmeceuticals and anti-aging “prejuvenation” procedures (preventative botox, morning shed routines, and the retinol epidemic), and their dastardly effects on the human psyche. Tangents include: neighbourly etiquette, Canadian pride, and crying in public. Support us on Patreon and get juicy bonus content:⁠https://www.patreon.com/rehashpodcast⁠Intro and outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills:⁠https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusicSOURCES:Charlotte Cripps, “The rise of the skincare tweens: How retinol serums and eye creams took over childhood,” The Independent (2025). Haykal et al, “Prejuvenation: The Global New Anti-Aging Trend,” Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum (2023).Katie Kilkenny, “How Anti-Aging Cosmetics Took Over the Beauty World,” PS Mag (2017).Lauren McCarthy, “Zoom Face is Real - Here’s How to Fight It,” Nylon (2021). Stefan Odenbach-Wanner, “The Biohacking-Code: An Eternal Pursuit of Perfection - The Myth About Living Forever?! From the Fine Line of Self-Optimization to Self-Destruction,” in Innovations in Healthcare and Outcome Measurement: New Approaches for a Healthy Lifestyle, Springer, (2025). Sarah Radin, “The ‘Sephora kids’ aren’t going anywhere,” Vogue Business (2025). Orianna Royle, “Tech billionaire who spends $2 million a year to look young is now swapping blood with his 17-year-old son and 70-year-old father,” Fortune (2023). Danielle Sinay, “Leave TikTok’s ‘Morning Shed’ Trend Alone,” Glamour (2024). Sarah Spruch-Feiner, “Glossy Pop Newsletter: How TikTok democratized retinol,” Glossy (2022). Lauren Valenti, “Why Preventative Botox Injections Could Be Aging You,” Vogue (2025).Our Sponsors:* Check out Mood and use our code REHASH for a great deal: https://mood.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Kibbe Body Types

From the man who introduced self love, and even “love itself,” to the beauty and fashion industries, David Kibbe, comes a scale which can determine the very essence of a person using the scientific measurements of “bones big, bones small.” The Kibbe Body Type test came about during the self-help era of the 1980s, but has found new life online, as people rush to sort themselves into arbitrary physical categories. Is Kibbe water for lost souls wandering through the late capitalist desert, or simply a mirage, revealing how little we trust ourselves today? Tangents include: Mrs. Incredible’s Kibbe body type, Marlon Brando smashing every eligible bachelor in Hollywood, and the worst episode of Sex and the City. Support us on Patreon and get juicy bonus content:⁠https://www.patreon.com/rehashpodcast⁠Intro and outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills:⁠https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusicOur Sponsors:* Check out Mood and use our code REHASH for a great deal: https://mood.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands