GenX Stories

Showing Our True Colors - Body Image and Beauty

January 15, 2020 Eve Simon & Sacha Cohen Season 1 Episode 1
GenX Stories
Showing Our True Colors - Body Image and Beauty
Show Notes

On today’s episode Eve and Sacha discuss what it was like growing up as “two chubby Jewish girls” in a land of skinny, (mostly) blond shiksas.

  • Sacha tried to fit into the standards of beauty while Eve rebelled against it.
  • Sacha talks about being a makeup junkie since age 3, while Eve never really learned about makeup.
  • The impact that musicians like Madonna and Cyndi Lauper had on Eve and Sacha growing up. 
  • What’s up with YouTube make-up tutorials? 
  • How has the idea of self care changed over the years and what it means now to us.
  • What we do now to take care of ourselves. 

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