The Snailcast
The Snailcast
Episode 32: The Evolution of Self-Care
MAR 4, 201865 MIN
Episode 32: The Evolution of Self-Care
MAR 4, 201865 MIN
Description
<p>The snail unit discusses the evolution of self-care from activist motto to marketing slogan.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">canceling plans is ok. staying home to cook is ok. disappearing for a bit to get your life together is ok. resurfacing in a foreign country with a new name 10 years later is ok. it’s called self care</p>
<p>— Kevin Farzad (@KevinFarzad) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinFarzad/status/952272503258271744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<h1>What we’ve been up to</h1>
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<li>Fiddy is now Director of Marketing at <a href="https://beautytap.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beautytap</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.snowwhiteandtheasianpear.com/2018/02/make-prem-safe-me-relief-moisture-foam.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cat got a puppy!!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tracyerobey.com/work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tracy is a journalist</a></li>
<li>Chel has released <a href="https://www.holysnailsshop.com/collections/all/products/kadi-cleanser-pre-sale" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new Holy</a> <a href="https://www.holysnailsshop.com/collections/all/products/sunfish-serum?variant=953245859846" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Snails products</a> and shaved her head</li>
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<h1>Links</h1>
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<li><a href="https://www.yoycart.com/Product/20196749256/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chel’s scalp massager</a></li>
<li>“But ultimately, choosing instant gratification has proven catastrophically destructive.” comes from “<a href="https://qz.com/834607/the-rise-of-donald-trump-demands-a-new-kind-of-self-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The rise of Donald Trump demands we embrace a harder kind of self-care</a>“</li>
<li>Chel and Fiddy’s Snailcast <a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com/episode-24-the-snailtwins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode on motherhood</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fashionista.com/2015/05/korean-skincare-depression" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fiddy’s essay on how skincare helped her with depression</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thesnailcast.com/episode-7-hardcore-kbeauty-shopping/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cat and Tracy on kbeauty shopping research</a></li>
<li>“Women and people of color viewed controlling their health as a corrective to the failures of a white, patriarchal medical system to properly tend to their needs.” comes from “<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2017/04/the_history_of_self_care.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A History of Self-Care</a>“</li>
<li>“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” comes from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Burst-Light-Other-Essays/dp/0486818993/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520100733&sr=8-1&keywords=audre+lorde+burst+of+light&dpID=51VJyCkDKEL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=srch" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>A Burst of Light: and Other Essays</em></a></li>
<li>McDonald’s self-care hashtag campaign mentioned in “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-politics-of-selfcare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Politics of Conspicuous Displays of Self-Care</a>“</li>
<li>College Humor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3awnCB18Fw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">satirical video on self-care</a></li>
<li>Tracy on the lipstick effect in <a href="https://www.racked.com/2016/10/11/13149060/lipstick-effect-makeup-advantage-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Racked</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sephora.com/product/luxetrance-trade-lipstick-P423642?skuId=2005759&icid2=products%20grid:p423642" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pat McGrath lipstick</a>, <a href="https://www.sephora.com/product/lip-color-P416057?skuId=1987171&icid2=products%20grid:p416057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Ford lipstick</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.vivino.com/wineries/joel-delaunay/wines/vin-de-pays-val-de-loire-sauvignon-blanc-2016" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Holy Snail wine</a></li>
<li>Lifehacker’s <a href="https://lifehacker.com/tag/how-i-work" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How I Work</a> series</li>
<li><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/15/news/companies/cvs-beauty-photoshop-images/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CVS bans photoshopping beauty product ads</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thehairpin.com/tag/self-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hairpin’s self-care column</a>: “This column has a singular purpose: to talk to women about navigating a world where they are their own savior.”</li>
<li>Where to find The Tub in Philly (<a href="http://www.monaco-philadelphia.com/hotels-in-philadelphia/boutique-hotel-rooms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">King Spa Room</a>)</li>
<li>“Overextending myself is not stretching myself. I had to accept how difficult it is to monitor the difference.” Quote by Audre Lorde from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Burst-Light-Other-Essays/dp/0486818993/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520100733&sr=8-1&keywords=audre+lorde+burst+of+light&dpID=51VJyCkDKEL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=srch" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>A Burst of Light: and Other Essays</em></a>.</li>
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