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Beauty Belongs to Queer People, Even as DEI Decays
Maybe the better question to ask is: when, ever, are you not afraid?
Aug 13
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Do We Need to Sell to Infants?
Well, no, but we will.
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The House of Beauty's Bookshelf
What books do I reference as a writer? What books made me possible?
Nov 3
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Stop Fighting Your Short Attention Span—Use It
Jul 3
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Soul Loss and Eyeshadow Palettes
Mar 6, 2024
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Recession Spending and Pilates Pessimism
Apr 22
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A Fact-Checked List of Pro-Palestinian Beauty Brands
Dec 1, 2023
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Do The Things You Love Make You Feel Free?
Aug 28, 2023
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Arabelle Sicardi
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Be Honest: Do You Think This Lipgloss Makes Me Look Less Literary?
Apr 24
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Beauty is Going Backwards: A Breakdown of False Progress
And it's been happening for a while, I think!
Oct 17, 2024
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Beauty News: Climate Crisis & Braids, Blackstone Buying MLM Companies
Greetings friends and enemies and welcome to another round of beauty links for the weekend.
Apr 12, 2024
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Arabelle Sicardi
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Beauty's DEI Backlash is Already Here
In all honesty, it has never left - it's just gotten more confident in its own success.
Mar 20, 2024
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Arabelle Sicardi
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The Beauty News That's Freaking Me Out
Quick roundup around the virtual water cooler, hmm?
Feb 2, 2024
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Arabelle Sicardi
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A Fact-Checked List of Pro-Palestinian Beauty Brands
If beauty brands claim to "empower" consumers, then their silence is powerful, too.
Dec 1, 2023
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Arabelle Sicardi
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The Masters in the Machine: How AI Infiltrated Perfume
Sending you along not one but two new pieces of writing from me.
Jun 24
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Arabelle Sicardi
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Bathing in Wine and Hoarding Perfume
72 hours in PDX
May 8
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Arabelle Sicardi
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"Functional" Fragrance is Ancient, and Political
As the actress Gina Rodriguez once wrote, "mama, let's research!"
Jan 27
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How to Know Smell: After Rain
Listen now | A voice note as I walk around, from me to you
Jan 25
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Arabelle Sicardi
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Nose Training in 2025
Doubling down on fragrance culture this year. LET'S SMELL STUFF!
Jan 7
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Congratulations, You Published a Book. Now What???
Letters to a [??????] Writer
Oct 16
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Arabelle Sicardi
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House of Beauty Book Tour (& Excerpts)
Come hang out with me!
Oct 10
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Crafting The House: The Actual Costs of Writing Non-Fiction
Here are the tools I used over the past 8 years.
Oct 7
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Substack IRL: Join me for game night!
I'm hosting a game night in Bed-Stuy to fundraise for beauty archiving.
Jul 28
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Crafting The House: How to (Really) Research a Book
"I want to write a book." Ok, so do it. Do it right now.
Jul 17
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Stop Fighting Your Short Attention Span—Use It
Mining Gold from Mental Chaos, or, how to hack your ADHD into being more useful
Jul 3
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