Jess speaks with gymnast and viral sensation Nia Dennis about proudly owning her identity, becoming a role model to young girls and speaking out about issues like race-based hair discrimination.   The Crown Act has now been passed in 17 states and counting.   If you’d like to learn more about how you can help pass the Crown Act and sign the petition, go to Dove.com/ PassTheCrown While you’re at it follow Jess on Instagram @imjessweiner, Nia @niaadennis, and @thecrownact

In this episode, Jess talks to Dre Brown, Beauty Entrepreneur and Dove Educator, and Dove Self Esteem Project (DSEP) partner about The Crown Act and where the movement to end race-based hair discrimination in workplaces and schools is headed.    The Crown Act has now been passed in 17 states and counting.   If you’d like to learn more about how you can help pass the Crown Act and sign the petition, go to Dove.com/PassTheCrown While you’re at it, follow Jess on Instagram @imjessweiner, Dre @mua_dre, and @thecrownact

In this episode, Jess speaks with Jay-Ann Lopez, CEO and Founder of Black Girl Gamers, about the lack of representation of Black women in the video game industry and what her community of over 8,000 gamers is doing to change that.   If you’d like to learn more about the Dove Self-Esteem Project go to Dove.com/SelfEsteemProject While you’re at it, follow Jess on Instagram @imjessweiner and Jay-Ann @jayannlopez_

Today Jess is joined by Jesyca Durchin, Senior Producer at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, to talk about the distorted representation and toxic beauty stereotypes in video games and how it impacts girls self esteem.    Check out The Dove Self-Esteem Project at Dove.com/LetsChangeBeauty While you’re at it, follow Jess on Instagram @imjessweiner 

Jess speaks with Content Creator and Body Positivity Advocate, Kelly Uchima, about how sharing her personal experience with mental health and recovering from an eating disorder helped her to create a community of positivity and honesty online.    To watch Dove's NEW Toxic Influence film and learn how to help a young person detox their social media feed go to Dove.com/LetsChangeBeauty     While you’re at it follow Jess on Instagram @imjessweiner and Kelly @_kellyu

Jess talks to Kayla Greaves, Executive Beauty Editor at InStyle about her own struggle with body image and how she is helping women and girls today to rewrite their own beauty stories. To watch Dove's NEW Toxic Influence film and learn how to help a young person detox their social media feed go to Dove.com/LetsChangeBeauty. While you’re at it, follow Jess on Instagram @imjessweiner and Kayla @kaylaagreaves and @dove

Jess talks with Kristen Howerton, founder of the blog (and now book) Rage Against the Minivan, where she explores the struggles of parenting during the social age, how she creates boundaries around social media use at home, and how she is helping her teens to detox their feeds.   Check out the tools we talk about for parents - go to Dove.com/LetsChangeBeauty. While you’re at it, follow Jess on Instagram @imjessweiner, Kristen @kristenhowerton and @dove 

In this inaugural episode, Jess talks with social worker, psychotherapist, and content creator Nadia Addesi about how she navigates social media and how it impacts her mental well-being. Nadia gets candid about the different types of toxic beauty advice she sees online and how they can become intertwined with our identity and confidence.   To learn about toxic beauty advice on social media and #DetoxYourFeed, go to Dove.com/LetsChangeBeauty   While you’re at it, follow Jess on Instagram @imjessweiner and Nadia @nadiaaddesi and @dove

Welcome to "Let's Change Beauty" - a podcast powered by the Dove Self-Esteem Project. Let’s Change Beauty features intimate conversations with esteemed experts and celebrated guests from the worlds of beauty, gaming, sports, technology and entertainment. Today, everywhere we look, society tells us what is beautiful. How to wear our hair, what size our bodies should be, and how our self-worth is based on what we look like! But what if we could work together to create a world where we define beauty on our own terms? This is the world that cultural expert and host Jess Weiner invites you to help make a reality. Together, we can change beauty for the next generation.