Tempers FlyingA Passenger Called a Flight Attendant a ‘Servant’ — But the Service Industry Is Complicit Too The incident shows how the service industry’s approach of prioritizing customer satisfaction is rooted in exploitation. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Beautiful MistakeThe Feminist Debate: Can Aspiring to Beauty Ever Be Empowering? Beauty can be a means to share pleasure in feminism rather than pain -- but it could also arguably still be rooted in patriarchal oppression. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Beauty At KnifepointBreast Implants May Be Associated With Risk of Skin Cancer, Warns U.S. Body The research shows how cosmetic procedures and beauty can be at a crossroads with public health concerns. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Halo'd Be Thy BeautyAcross Cultures, People Associate ‘Attractive’ Faces With More Intelligence, Trustworthiness: Study The findings locate the "halo effect" of attractiveness -- adding weight to concerns around pretty privilege and the constructs of beauty. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Light ContaminationSkin Lightening, Anti‑Ageing Creams Found to Contain ‘Dangerous’ Levels of Mercury: Study Online companies like Amazon and eBay "knowingly profit from the illegal trade of highly toxic products,” one of the researchers said. By Saumya Kalia
Go And Love YourselfIt’s Okay: To Care About the Way You Look By mistaking self-love and personal grooming for vanity, society denies people a type of care they are entitled to. By Saumya Kalia
Pandemic ChicBeauty Norm Rebellions in 2020 Redefined Beauty — But Didn’t Eliminate It The pandemic ushered in a more relaxed look -- but a 'look' nonetheless. By Devrupa Rakshit
India Dissents 2020India Dissents: How People Challenged Restrictive Beauty Norms in 2020 "I was told that lifting weights is for men.... I can lift more than my bodyweight now." By The Swaddle Team
Hot Or NotHollywood’s White Beauty Norms Keep Male Brown Actors Sidelined, Stereotyped Hasan Minhaj’s 2019 video -- about the impossible standards of beauty brown men are held to in Hollywood -- went viral this week. By Rajvi Desai
Cast Your Eye Over‘Guyliner’: A Brief Cultural History 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. By Rajvi Desai
Ritual PleasuresUntrending: Face Rollers Are Soothing, but Don’t Have Any Long‑Term Skin Benefits However, the same benefits can be achieved by massaging and icing one's face. By Aditi Murti
Another Diet Bites The DustUntrending: Does Apple Cider Vinegar Help Weight‑Loss? Sort Of Research does not quite support ACV's weight-loss elixir status in wellness-blog world. By Aditi Murti
A Strong EightHow Hot Are You on a Scale From 1 to 10, and Why Does Anyone Care? Trying to understand what is probably the dumbest misogynistic thing known to woman. By Aditi Murti
Ditch The ConcealerTrying to Cure Dark Circles Is Futile; Here’s Why Brown people, especially, are more prone to under-eye pigmentation, which is ... completely normal. By Rajvi Desai
Bald Ain't Beautiful YetWhere Is Male Baldness in Anti‑Beauty Norm Movements? Historically, men have not been targets of corrective beauty treatments. Now, they are just like everyone else. By Rajvi Desai
podcastRespectfully Disagree: Can the Body Positivity Movement Ever Be Truly Inclusive? "I think it began as being revolutionary back in the 1960s and 70s, but I feel disillusioned by its co-option by corporates and influencers today." By The Swaddle Team
Burning QuestionWhat Does It Mean to Look Your Age? When artist Alexandra Grant sported naturally gray hair while accompanying actor Keanu Reeves on the red carpet, it took the world by storm. By Liesl Goecker
Youth AsanaUntrending: No One Really Knows If Facial Yoga Works The only study of facial yoga found facial exercises yielded a more youthful appearance -- but the research is questionable. By Liesl Goecker