Kylie Jenner's Private Jet & The Evolution Of Flex Culture

This episode is brought to you by Girl, the new fragrance by Rochas for a generation that nurtures and prioritises their wellbeing. Girl contains 90% natural-origin ingredients, and an eco-designed bottle made from 40% recycled glass. Shop Rochas Girl at David Jones or The Iconic. In this week’s episode, we discuss the evolution of flex culture on social media. We look at how social media came to foster an environment of showing off excessive wealth and privilege through the 2010s, how this all came to a head around the pandemic, and the shifts we see in flex culture as Gen Z takes over from Millennials as the key generation driving online culture. This conversation was inspired by the latest Kardashian drama this weekend when Kylie Jenner posted a photo on Instagram hugging Travis Scott at the airport standing on the tarmac in front of two private jets with the caption, “you wanna take mine or yours?”. The post has received intense backlash from fans flooding her comment section calling her out for posting something so out-of-touch, especially as climate anxiety is at an all-time high. Timestamps: 6:20 Bryce Hall calls out Tayler Holder for not responding to sexual assault allegations 10:22 The ACE Family is facing backlash for failing to deliver on their promises of ACE Fest 18:56 Khloe Kardashian & Tristan Thompson expecting baby #2 via surrogate 30:01 Charli D’Amelio & Landon Barker hanging out at Kourtney Kardashian’s pool over the weekend 31:47 Kylie Jenner faces backlash for flaunting private jets with Travis Scott 36:26 The origins of flex culture  38:17 Why did flex culture emerge on social media? How did the pandemic change this? 50:01 The shift to "casual" flexing  58:02 Is casual flexing more harmful than overt flexing? 1:01 Our opinions on the Kylie Jenner private jet backlash Our publication: https://centennialbeauty.com/ Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/centennialbeauty/?hl=en Join our closed FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3178046912258044 Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh0wc3rMCq8&ab_channel=tiffanyferg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIMzm5g9974&ab_channel=heyitsb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47Tqd7E2KQ&ab_channel=SmokeyGlow https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/04/influencers-are-abandoning-instagram-look/587803/  https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23205791/tacky-very-famous-bad-taste  https://people.com/parents/khloe-kardashian-expecting-baby-no-2-with-tristan-thompson/  https://centennialbeauty.com/ace-fest-what-went-wrong-ace-family-disneyland-coachella-event/  https://centennialbeauty.com/bryce-hall-call-out-tayler-holder-sexual-assault-allegations-boxing-match/  https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/hbo/the-sopranos-cast-carmela-soprano/