Presenting strategically curated, aesthetically appealing imaging images online can bolster women's tendency to self-objectify.

The separation of beauty pageants for married and unmarried women speaks to their role in maintaining heteronormativity.

Selena Gomez was recently praised for owning her stomach rolls -- showing how the movement pathologizes normal bodily features in the name of celebrating them.

With the pandemic having made comfortable footwear fashionable again, one can hope our ingrained notions around heels undergo a transformation.

Movies relying on the trope also portray women who don't dress a certain way, or seem conventionally alluring, as 'undateable.

Besides compelling us to reassess the kind of humor we are willing to laugh at, the moment will, hopefully, urge us, as audiences, to examine our own biases too.

The proliferation of skincare routines on social media highlights the problem of what “good skin” means — and who gets to have it.

Can we celebrate Indian representation while being aware of the harm beauty pageants have inflicted on cultural discourse?

By mistaking self-love and personal grooming for vanity, society denies people a type of care they are entitled to.

Research shows when women suffer constant, unrelenting objectification, they start self-objectifying.

Hasan Minhaj’s 2019 video -- about the impossible standards of beauty brown men are held to in Hollywood -- went viral this week.

Pubic hair protects us from bacteria and other pathogens, reduces friction during sex, and also keeps our genitals warm.

Guyliner, to this day, remains a tool men use to assert, glorify and celebrate their deviance, often flouting traditional norms of masculinity in the process.

This semantic detail does not change the fact that the company is still selling a product promoting colorism.

Our behavior is still deeply influenced by sexist beauty norms.