As beauty standards rise, and the pressure to assign importance to one’s physical characteristics strengthens, it’s no surprise that new ways have emerged to distinguish the haves from the have-nots, the beauty from the beasts. But is there a history behind these tactics, and as we emphasize looks in a persons’ worth, does it begin to spill into more dangerous places- how we view their character and how they should be treated? In this episode of B.S., Ilyana and Gold tackle the infamous “angel skull and witch skull” trend and how phrenology and physiognomy have crept into our current landscape. Listen in to learn about how pseudoscience has staked a claim in beauty spaces!
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Required Reading:
Phrenology | History, Theory, & Pseudoscience | Britannica
Phrenology: The Study of Skull Shape and Behavior
Obeying the laws of hereditary descent: phrenological views on inheritance and eugenics - PubMed
Phrenology: What is it, and how did it contribute to neuroscience?
2024 was the year aesthetic pseudoscience made an ugly comeback | Dazed
Meet Your Master - Getting to Know Your Brain: Crash Course Psychology #4
Encyclopedia of the History of Science: Phrenology
Racialising civilisation: Phrenology, scientific naturalism and the colonist’s dilemma
Disrupting Ableism and Racism in the Classroom
The Journal of American History