Lipstick RevolutionsWomen In Korea Are Destroying Their Make‑Up To Protest Sexist Beauty Standards Korean beauty trends were all over social media in 2018 — from the ‘glass skin’ routine and bubble tea sleeping packs, to cartoon animal face masks, and a ‘beauty filter’... By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Beauty-FreeBody Positivity Is Excluding People; What If We Got Rid of Beauty Instead? ...still a valuable goal. But beauty is an oppressive concept where there are never any winners. So, what if we got rid of it? Imagine a post-beauty world: It’s where... By Rajvi Desai
Body PoliticsHow Body Positivity Still Upholds Restrictive Beauty Standards ...beauty norm that body positivity claims to challenge — turning the movement into one that centers the experiences of the privileged, rather than challenging societal norms around beauty. Arguably, body... By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Beautiful MistakeThe Feminist Debate: Can Aspiring to Beauty Ever Be Empowering? ...first place. Is beauty itself, then, unfeminist? Or can it ever be reclaimed? There’s no one definition of beauty — it’s what we want it to be. Beauty used to... By Rohitha Naraharisetty
It's Not A CompetitionIndia’s Miss Universe Victory Shouldn’t Take Away Focus From Beauty Contests’ Toxic Culture ...the globe to edit her face according to the beauty standards prevalent in their respective countries, and the results attest just how subjective beauty is. But until we turn beauty... By Devrupa Rakshit
Bald Ain't Beautiful YetWhere Is Male Baldness in Anti‑Beauty Norm Movements? ...beauty norms are challenged leaves no space to include fights against other, more complex beauty norms, such as baldness and men’s and other genders’ unique experiences with beauty norms. Ultimately,... By Rajvi Desai
Time To Come CleanFor Women, Beauty Is Often Conflated With Hygiene It is no secret that the beauty industry thrives on women’s insecurities. Conventional standards of beauty are impossible to match up to. They are founded upon a one-dimensional, non-inclusive perception... By Sanjukta Bose
Behind The ScenesInsider Peeks at Celeb Glamor Just Raise the Bar for Beauty ...capturing just a fraction of the beauty manufactured in the family’s media. Instead of busting the beauty myth, the behind-the-scenes insight into the Kardashians’ and other influencers’ beauty prep has... By Liesl Goecker
The Doppelgänger EffectHow Will Judges Pick a Miss India 2019? They All Look The Same ...of impossible beauty standards anyway? But when institutions – especially those historically regarded as the purveyors of beauty — fail to incorporate the increasingly in-your-face body positivity movements rocking the... By Rajvi Desai
Pandemic ChicBeauty Norm Rebellions in 2020 Redefined Beauty — But Didn’t Eliminate It ...ideal. Although much has been said about how 2020 may lead to long-term changes in beauty norms, the concept of beauty remains intact — desirable even. Terms like ‘pandemic slob-chic,’... By Devrupa Rakshit
Entitled Much?The Hate Against Maternity Shoots, Celebs Who Dress ‘Too Young,’ Ends Up Dehumanizing Women ...children for scoring 99% on their tests instead of 100%. While bashing celebrities for not living up to our ceaselessly-evolving standards of beauty reeks of entitlement, the trend of scrutinizing... By Devrupa Rakshit
Worth It. Not.Hair Straightening Chemicals Were Linked With Cancer – Showing the Dangers of Beauty Norms Around Hair ...chemical hair straighteners and a greater risk of breast cancer. Related on The Swaddle: Beauty Norm Rebellions in 2020 Redefined Beauty — But Didn’t Eliminate It Yet, pop culture —... By Devrupa Rakshit
Hot Or NotHollywood’s White Beauty Norms Keep Male Brown Actors Sidelined, Stereotyped ...have to jump through several more hoops, or more rigorously ascribe to Eurocentric beauty standards, to achieve comparable success. Minhaj concludes by saying he thinks he’s better looking than Shepard,... By Rajvi Desai
Crawling In My SkinTattoos Are a Political Act of Resistance in a Beauty Culture That Demands Conformity ...are spaces of oppression, they are also spaces for feminism to resist the dichotomy of beauty standards and restraints imposed on the female body. Because dominant notions of femininity cannot... By Pallavi Prasad
Never Good EnoughPeople Recall the First Time They Felt They Weren’t Beautiful Physical beauty or attractiveness is a social construct. Unrealistic beauty standards — being tall, thin, fair, or having clear skin, a full head of hair, symmetrical features — are peddled... By Rajvi Desai
Feminist-In-ProgressControversial Crush: Jameela Jamil and Her Brand of Body Positivity ...beauty standards, she quickly clarified her problem was not with the Kardashians, but with their peddling of shaming beauty products. Critics of her “preachy” behavior also pointed out that it... By Rajvi Desai
Wait A Minute!The Relationship Between Make‑Up and Self‑Esteem Is More Nuanced Than It Appears ...on The Swaddle: Beauty Norm Rebellions in 2020 Redefined Beauty — But Didn’t Eliminate It Moreover, we continue to live in a world where gender and beauty norms still reign supreme... By Devrupa Rakshit
Out Of Your HairThe Shame and Scandal of Indian Women’s Hair Follicles ...the ways we see beauty being portrayed. Any physical trait, such as body hair, that doesn’t fit that ideal would automatically be considered ugly. Beauty is not a choice; it’s... By Rajvi Desai
