The Politics of Ugliness (+ The White Lotus 302/Love is Blind 807-809)

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Telling the Bees

Tell the Bees

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Josh Lora (@tellthebeees) of TikTok and Substack analyzes media, books, reality television, and culture through a sociological lens.

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Josh Lora (@tellthebeees) of TikTok and Substack analyzes media, books, reality television, and culture through a sociological lens.

TV & Film

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The Politics of Ugliness (+ The White Lotus 302/Love is Blind 807-809)

Telling the Bees

50 minutes 34 seconds

8 months ago

The Politics of Ugliness (+ The White Lotus 302/Love is Blind 807-809)

This week, I break down some discourse on Black TikTok. Is it ever alright to call someone ugly? I discuss a recent book review about what it means to be ugly and two books I love that delve deep into ugliness and low self esteem. I then move onto The White Lotus and theory culture and the weirdness around Rick. Finally, I end with Love is Blind, where Virgina invokes the Should Your Partner Be Your Best Friend debate, and I discuss the digital panopticon of dating today.

Chapters:

00:58 | The Politics of Ugliness
09:06| Literary Reflections on Ugliness
12:53 | The Pretty Problem
17:17| The White Lotus: Theory Culture
30:24 | Love is Blind
33:15 | LIB & Should Your Partner Be Your Best Friend?
47:37| LIB & Digital Surveillance and Dating Culture

https://tellthebeees.substack.com/p/the-pretty-problem

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/08/style/who-is-a-rodent-man.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/well/family/husband-wife-best-friend.html

https://tellthebeees.substack.com/p/antisocial-goods