This week, we’re deep in our feelings—and our closets. We’re revisiting a favorite: body image, beauty standards, and the wild ride of growing up with 90s and 2000s fashion rules stitched into our self-worth. From bridesmaid dress drama to the scent of Noxzema triggering both shame and nostalgia, this episode goes there.
From our emotional baggage we're unpacking:
How self-worth was often tied to a dress size
The complicated politics of Twin Day and bridesmaid fittings
The glow-up of Miss Congeniality (yes, Sandra Bullock was doing feminist work and we missed it)
Spanx as both support garment and emotional prison
What it means to wear the damn bikini—at age 16 or 44
We also play a fashion-trend guessing game (spoiler: chunky highlights were not the flex we thought they were) and reflect on aging, hot flashes, and why Pamela Anderson’s no-makeup red carpet moment meant more than we realized.
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