Head to http://squarespace.com/minale to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or a domain! PODCAST Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3wvGhhd3yGEJhak11myA5N Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/high-brow/id1677209917 for extra content every Wednesday 😈 SUPPORT Newsletter: https://gremletter.substack.com/ Donate: https://ko-fi.com/minale SOCIALS Instagram: http://instagram.com/gremlita TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gremlita Letterboxd: http://boxd.it/7YgX business email: MinaLeTeam@WMEAgency.com Edited by Israh S. SOURCES Pink and Blue Telling the Boys from the Girls in America by Jo Barraclough Paoletti Women’s Bodies and Power in the US by Vincent Soubeyrand Because she’s worth it: the natural blonde from Grace Kelly to Nicole Kidman by Pam Cook Gentlemen Prefer Adaptations: Addressing Industry and Gender in Adaptation Studies by Bethany Wood The Color(s) of Perfection: The Feminine Body Beauty Ideals, and Identity in Postwar America, 1945-1970 by Elizabeth M. Matelski https://www.nylon.com/life/bimbo-summit-15-anniversary-paris-hilton-britney-spears-lindsay-lohan https://www.vox.com/2015/4/14/8405889/pink-color-gender https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/health/colorscope-pink-boy-girl-gender https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2022/07/11051904/hot-pink-colour-trend-fashion-history https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/03/origin-word-bimbo/ https://artreview.com/the-politics-of-barbiecore/ https://sea.mashable.com/entertainment/21064/think-pink-the-rise-of-barbiecore https://hypebae.com/2022/3/tiktok-bimbocore-trend-feminism-op-ed-elle-woods-kim-kardashian-paris-hilton https://www.bustle.com/life/bimbofication-meaning https://www.thecut.com/2021/12/reclaiming-bimbo-bimbotok.html https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/5dpjm5/2021-year-of-the-bimbo-tiktok-feminism https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/bimbo-reclaim-tiktok-gen-z-1092253 https://thebaffler.com/outbursts/the-bimbos-laugh-granados 0:00 - intro 6:38 - explaining the aesthetics 11:04 - the history 23:04 - the discourse