“You’re Not Ugly, You’re Just Poor“: A Deep Dive

Thanks to Betterment for sponsoring this video! Sign up in minutes, get started at In our first video essay for 2024, Chelsea dives into the commodification of beauty, how our beauty standards are inextricably tied with wealth, and the truth behind the statement “you’re not ugly, you’re just poor.“ Special thanks to: Autumn Dana Omari-Harrell: Source links: Intelexual Media video essay ’A Black Women’s History Of Hair’: @ :// TFD videos mentioned: How The Wealthy Gaslight America: Millennial Women May Never Recover From The RomCOm: Instagram Face, TikTok Reveals, And The Rise Of Cheap Cosmetic Procedures: We Need To Talk About TikTok Face: Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and content warning 00:02:38 Ad break 00:09:57 A brief history of rich people beauty 00:19:02 Teeth, hair and the aesthetics of poverty 00:25:52 Trickle-down beautynomics 00:34:03 Anti-aging: the real stealth wealth 00:38:54 Thinness: the building of a designer body 00:46:47 Wellness and the skincare industrial complex 00:54:33 Conclusion: an era of democratized beauty? Music by Epidemic Sound Join this channel to get access to perks: The Financial Diet site: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: