About this episode

The episode explores the phenomenon of looksmaxxing and its implications for masculinity and gender politics.

In this episode, Moira walks Adrian through the strange, disturbing world of looksmaxxing. We try to spend less time asking where this phenomenon comes from, less time gawking at the weird terminology and rituals of this subculture (though we do spend some time, we're only human!)--but our main question is what a phenomenon like looksmaxxing says about masculinity, right-wing gender politics, and heterosexuality.

People in this episode

Host: Adrian Daub

Guest: Moira Donegan

Topics covered

• looksmaxxing
• masculinity
• gender politics
• subculture
• society

Keywords

• looksmaxxing
• masculinity
• gender politics
• subculture
• heterosexuality

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