Obsessed: Youth, Beauty & Fame (S01E12 Dark Fiction)

Welcome to Literature Done Juicy, the podcast where we explore the most juicy books and their themes. 

In this episode some of the topics we will discuss are Hollywood superficiality, famous celebs such as Sharon Tate, Judy Garland and Marylin Monroe and our prior and current obsession as a culture with youth, beauty and fame. 

The books discussed in todays episode are:

• Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion
• The Girls by Emma Cline
• Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

Resources

Burning Man - https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/03/us/burning-man-storms-shelter-sunday/index.html
Burning Man Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man#Principles
Existential Struggles in Joan  Didion’s Play It As It Lays - https://anubooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/N-4.-2016-2.pdf
Face Framing Braids (Sharon Tate and Margot Robbie) - https://images.app.goo.gl/1FEPMqWuMtwV8yXg7
Judy Garlands Role - What Happened To Judy Garland's Role In Valley Of The Dolls? (grunge.com)
Sharon Tate Makeup Tutorial - https://thefoxling.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/sharon-tates-makeup/
The role of beauty as currency belief and acceptance of cosmetic surgery and career aspirations - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33158393/
Trappings of Femininity: A Test of the “Beauty is Currency” hypothesis - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1740144516305034#:~:text=Put differently%2C belief in the,to as the beauty as

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