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Want to understand our society? Look at the history of eyebrows
Season 4 · Episode 378

Want to understand our society? Look at the history of eyebrows

The Briefing · LiSTNR

December 12, 202322m 6s

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Show Notes

People have been doing things to their eyebrows for millennia; whether it’s plucking them, shaving them, colouring them or getting rid of them completely! But did you know eyebrows tell us a lot about society; from perceptions of beauty to socio- economic status to even reproduction!

In this episode of The Briefing, Antoinette Lattouf and makeup historian Sara Long dissect why we’re so obsessed with our eyebrows.

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