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How Big Beauty monopolizes, corrupts us all

In conversation with Val Monroe, former beauty director of O: The Oprah Magazine

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Aug 21, 2023
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vol. 5 episode 37

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This episode of the docu-mental podcast is the first of at least three upcoming co-productions with my other Substack, News from the En…

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Valerie Monroe
I'm a writer and former magazine editor who was for nearly 16 years the beauty director at O, The Oprah Magazine. I split my time between New York and Tokyo. valeriemonroe.substack.com
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