A photographer I follow on Instagram has put together that his bronzer use amps up when he’s stressed / close to an election and is tied to his days in the rise of reality tv, and it’s fascinating
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The thing about him being everywhere for almost a decade is I forget how much he’s slid towards weirdness and absurdity
His inconsistency with it is the more interesting thing to me
His bronzer use going wild in October of election years / the body dysmorphia of it all
She goes on for a bit about eyebrow/filler blindness and how people really don’t see themselves
But he’s so photographed! I am baffled that he doesn’t see how dumb he looks
Here’s where it ties into reality tv: he got hooked on it in the apprentice era!
And she finishes her analysis like this: Trump thinks he’s going to lose
The source for all of these is @ emily_elsie on instagram
(I intentionally left her handle in all the screenshots, but people are asking)
She saved all her stories in a highlight on her profile - there are quite a few more than I posted!
And you should, of course, follow me 😌
Occasional political posting, but mostly flowers, pottery, musings on life and marriage, that sort of stuff. I like to think I’m fun!
Emily, I’m so sorry I called you a photographer when you’re a photo editor 😭
(I get so annoyed when someone calls me a decorator when I’m a designer)
But I don’t pay for this app and can’t edit my tweets. Here’s the link to her lecture:
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