What Was Beauty in 2024?
How is it December? The year has passed in the blink of a bleph-lifted eye. Or maybe I’ve lost all concept of…
RFK Jr: America’s Beauty Czar
We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino)…
We Should Be Ashamed Of Ourselves!
Hello and welcome to another edition of THE DON’T BUY LIST! It was only a matter of time until the lyrics to…
‘I’m Ugly. Can I Still Have A Good Life?’
The next installment of Ask Ugly, my monthly beauty advice column for the Guardian, is here! Hi Ugly, How do I reconcile…
Fake Teeth
The people want real-looking teeth. Not real real-looking teeth — fake real-looking teeth. Fake real-looking teeth that cost between $20,000 – $50,000….
The Moving Thumb of Jesus
During many hours of research for a new book on the life of Jesus, I stumbled upon a new word from the…
If you’re human, you’re family
I was once at a Christian conference with the American evangelist Tony Campolo. I was in charge of the youth venue, and…
Placemaking
The bible’s epic narrative, the greatest love story ever written, is a story of people and of place. The first of these…
From the Archive: (Com)passion and prayer
The softening of our heart in prayer prepares soil for the seeds of obedience to grow in; our exposure to the compassionate…
Hearers and Doers
One of the subjects I studied in my senior years at school was English Literature. This included Shakespeare – of course –…