Tag Archives: Beauty
Are you sure you don’t hate your face?
Tweet A SYTYCB entry And every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling “This is important! And this is important! And this is important! You need to worry about this! And this! And this!” And each day, it’s up to you, to yank your hand back, put it on your heart and [...]
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Why cutting your hair is a good thing: Miley Cyrus and her self-expression with scissors
Tweet A SYTYCB Entry One of the few spheres of personal beauty (emphasis on the personal) where stereotypical femme style is not a gasping matter is hair on cis men and women. Girls of all ages and colors grow their hair to long and beautiful lengths, or buy weaves that grace the seam where jeans [...]
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Why the “Year of the Woman” is still another year of sexism
Tweet“I want to win as an athlete. I want to shine as a woman.” This is the tagline for a Pantene Pro-V commercial starring Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin. We all know that ads geared towards women are ridiculous and that beauty ads tend to equate products with ruling the world, or having it all, or [...]
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A Feminist Craft
Tweet In my spare time I like to craft, paint abstracts, create. I blog about my projects because it’s such a welcome outlet for my creativity and a nice break from the “real world”. I’ve garnered quite a bit of attention in blogland for my DIY (do-it-yourself) projects and decided to use the popularity for [...]
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