Gia Tolentino

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336 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 22 Jul

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Fresh Air · Jia Tolentino on ‘Our Plastic Surgery Nightmare’ · 22 Jul 2026 podcast

You know, I guess I want her to see me

valorizing the human and valorizing, you know, the actually human and not trying to improve and protect and beautify myself and my life in a way that where it seems like that's a

How do you do that?

Yeah.

I think that's the question, right?

I think that's the question that I hope that this piece raises, right?

And it's a larger question.

It doesn't just have to do with beauty.

How do we look at a world where the incentives are so anti-human, and how do we deal with it?

How do we live within it, and where do we hold our ground?

And I think the answer is specific to every person, but I think—

I think specifically with me, I wrote about optimization in my book in 2017.

And after I wrote about it, it became clear that I could feel a difference within myself.

I could feel a difference from wanting to perpetually improve and perfect versus trying to take care.

And I think just on a personal level, that's the division I'm trying to draw for myself, right?

That I can enjoy going to yoga and

trying to get stronger.

You know, I mean, I dye my hair blonde.

You know, I wear makeup every day.

Like, I have no cred as, you know, a second wave radical that's resisting this altogether.

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