Something Strange Is Happening To Gen Z - Isabel Brown - #1106
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What is female looksmaxxing and why is it gaining attention?
Have you seen female looks maxing?
Oh my gosh, we're just jumping right into it, aren't we? I have been under the impression that looks maxing was largely a male endeavor over the past several months, but I've seen male looks maxers saying women should or should not get into this.
How do male and female looksmaxxing differ?
So maybe a little bit.
I didn't realize that there are some deep, deep depths that you can go to when it comes to looks maxing. Because kind of we understand in one form or another that... Women have always been lux maxing, right? But this takes it to a bit of a different level. All right, let's see it. What is female lux maxing?
What are the hidden costs associated with antidepressants?
If you thought this trend was just a part of the manosphere, think again. On Reddit, Discord, and other forum platforms, there are threads where women trade advice on how to hard max your way to becoming a Stacey, which is the highest tier of attractiveness. It all starts with the upload of a selfie and an invite for forum strangers to firstly rate your appearance and then comment on how you could optimize your looks. Tips that follow range from corset maxing, shrinking your rib cage through binding, to injecting unlicensed weight loss drugs, to peanut maxing, literally chewing peanuts to sculpt a sharper, wider jaw. It also covers breast size. There's a $2,499 Eve bra, for example, worn overnight for weeks to gain half a cup size.
The target audience? Teenagers. A 17-year-old told her skull has serious flaws, or a 14-year-old encouraged to get a rhinoplasty. Girls as young as 13 upload pictures, only to be torn apart. Allura Ziva is one of the most prominent public female looks maxers. This year, Ziva launched a $79 a month program promising drastic change in 90 days, from exercise to hard maxing measures, including cosmetic procedures. To you or I, this all might feel like unrealistic goals to get an enhanced Instagram face. But to some youngsters, it's seen as something achievable with the right surgeries, starvation and effort.
Why is there a cultural shift around marriage and motherhood?
What do you think about that?
I find it really sad, to be honest with you. It's the same way I feel about looks maxing for men. Look, I think there's an important discussion we should be having as a society when it comes to beauty standards that we've really lost over the past decade or so. And you've seen complete erasure of any concept between the difference of ugly versus beautiful, not just in people's physical appearance, but you've seen this with architecture, you've seen this with fashion, you've seen this with art, where ugly is now celebrated as normal or even highlighted as beautiful. But obviously this can go to a really sinister place very, very quickly. There was a news article that went super viral the last couple of days of Demi Moore on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival and she's throwing her arms up and she truly looks skeletal.
I mean, very, very unhealthy on death's doorstep level skinny. And the New York Post shared these photos with the headline on X, Demi Moore shows off her toned arms on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. That is just as damaging as this normalization of morbid obesity that I think we've seen targeting young women for so long. And I think this is just part of that same agenda.
Does it feel different seeing female lux maxing versus male lux maxing? Because again, we know for a long time that women beautify, self-beautification more, cosmetic surgery more, makeup more, etc., This does feel... It gives me different vibes. It doesn't feel like it's... In what way? When I see it, maybe it's just the kind of classic male desire to protect, especially teenage girls. Yeah. And obviously teenage boys need protection too, but there's an additional level of gut punching here. You're going, ah, you shouldn't be... You shouldn't be being abused by other older girls online into you changing your appearance. And I think every guy knows at 15 he wanted bigger arms. Yeah. But a girl who's complaining about the size of her boobs...
Something you virtually have no control over in a realistic sense, right?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is female looksmaxxing and why is it gaining attention?
0:00–0:16
2
How do male and female looksmaxxing differ?
0:16–0:36
3
What are the hidden costs associated with antidepressants?
0:36–1:59
4
Why is there a cultural shift around marriage and motherhood?
1:59–59:02
5
How did Isabel Brown's career in conservative media begin?
59:02–1:00:31
6
What cultural shifts are Gen Z experiencing regarding traditional values?
1:00:31–1:02:02
7
Why are young people returning to religion?
1:02:02–1:03:40
8
What does Isabel Brown believe about the future of conservatism?
1:03:40–1:52:28
Speakers
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