Feminism

#246: The ethics of “optimizing” for beauty

An essay + a beauty criticism roundup

Nov 23, 2025 • Haley Nahman

“Positive masculinity”

True/False: It involves thinking about the Roman empire

Nov 12, 2025 • Haley Nahman

Are you a disassociated feminist?

There is an essay in Emmeline Clein’s 2024 collection Dead Weight on something she calls “disassociative feminism.” As she defines it, disassociative…

Sep 17, 2025 • Haley Nahman

#215: Do you think of yourself as beautiful?

On makeup, fleeing your hometown, and parenting with weird work hours

Mar 30, 2025 • Haley Nahman

Voice Note: Divorcées vs. trad wives

(20 mins) | Hey! Back today with a voice note on something I’ve been considering writing about: whether we’ve taken “the personal is political” too far.

Mar 12, 2025 • Haley Nahman

20:07

Dear Baby: Should I “fix” my double chin?

Hey! Happy to be here.

Jul 28, 2024 • Haley Nahman

#157: The endlessly complicated task of “splitting chores”

+ the treat-and-punish cycle & whether everyone needs to be single for while

Jul 30, 2023 • Haley Nahman

#123: On cosmetic procedures and the limits of "destigmatization”

As a corrective to the harmful effects of beauty standards, destigmatization takes aim at the symptoms of the disease—shame, secrecy, feeling like shit…

Nov 20, 2022 • Haley Nahman

🎧 Voice Note: When feminism became uncool

Listen now | Hey! Back today with a Voice Note about the disturbing way many have processed the Ukraine war on social media, the uncoolness of feminism…

Mar 8, 2022 • Haley Nahman

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🎧 Dear Danny: Can we split the bill?

(90 mins) | Today we’re back with another episode of Dear Danny, in which my friend Danny comes on to discuss and debate five reader questions with me.

Jul 27, 2021 • Haley Nahman

1:30:28

#63: On disillusionment, splitting the bill, & disliking your friend's s.o.

63: Dear Baby You’re receiving this email because you’re a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! This is my monthly Q&A column, Dear Baby, in…

Jul 25, 2021 • Haley Nahman

🎧: Who gets to be beautiful? w/ Jessica DeFino

(68 mins) | This week I invited beauty critic Jessica DeFino on the pod to talk about beauty culture. This is a followup to my Sunday newsletter about…

Jun 22, 2021 • Haley Nahman

1:07:59

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