Tag Archives: Beauty
“Brûlez vos soutiens-gorge.” It’s French for “beauty culture sucks.”
TweetI was in Paris last week and against my better judgment, I went into the enormous Sephora on the Champs Elysées. It is huge, and overwhelming, and I’m convinced that after just a few minutes inside, my brain was totally addled by the smell of perfume. But I’m pretty sure that, Dior-deranged or not, I [...]
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Are Venus Williams’ “Risque and Revealing” Outfits Fair Game?
Tweet The 2010 US Open is currently underway, and you’d think everyone would be talking serve speeds, match points, and “love”. Alas, they’re only talking underwear. Venus Williams’ underwear, to be specific. This is a public service announcement. Attention: sportscasters John McEnroe and Dick Enberg, mainstream media outlets like the Huffington Post, non-mainstream media outlets, [...]
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Promoting a worthy cause – but at what cost?
TweetSingapore’s Breast Cancer Foundation has released a new ad campaign that urges women to prioritize preventing and curing breast cancer over more trivial concerns. The campaign, which uses the naked female body as the canvas for cartoons about bad hair days and pimples, raises important questions about what is permissible in the name of an [...]
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Ideal, perfect, just what it’s meant to be