Tag Archives: beauty
“Don’t worry, we’ll get it all fixed”
I’m still thinking about that “Death of Pretty” article I wrote about yesterday. But no matter how much I mull it over, all that happens is that my list of objections grows and I just get more irate. I’ve discovered … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Body Image
“The Death of Pretty”
Read this piece called “The Death of Pretty” by Pat Archbold at the National Catholic Register. You’ve been warned; you will want to tear your hair and wail. Archbold’s thesis goes like this: “Pretty” is the combination of aesthetic beauty … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image, Gender, Sex
White House Gear for the Boys, Princess Gear for the Girls
In all the (deserved) hoopla about the documentary Miss Representation I somehow missed the fact that the writer, director, and producer of the film was Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of the Lt. Governor of California, Gavin Newsom. A little … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, Gender, Hollywood, Media
Sunday Scraps 36
1. HAIR: I love this essay on Jezebel by Autumn Whitefield about the social and personal implications of short hair on women. Maybe, as she suggests, the expressed male preference for long hair comes from conditioning, not from some sort … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Body Image, Gender, Hollywood, Media, Politics, Really Good Writing by Other People
Advice from a Make Up Artist
Now that I have mad crazy cosmetics skillz, or at least some real cosmetics with which to practice, I was doubly, triply, fascinated by this account of the rise of make-up brand Stila. This interview at Into the Gloss with … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image, Hollywood
Sunday Scraps 34
1. TOLLBOOTH: Fun NPR story from Norton Juster, about the accidental way his first novel, The Phantom Tollbooth, became a masterpiece still beloved 50 years later. 2. HALLOWEEN: Great WBEZ piece from Claire Zulkey imagining the internal monologues of Halloween … Continue reading
Make-up Scavenger
I’m a make-up scavenger. My “collection,” if you can call it that, includes several tubes of chapstick wrapped with promo copy of local banks and fundraisers, a few Clinique relics that came with my mother’s kits ten years ago, the … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image, Gender
Sunday Scraps 32
1. DREAMY: You’ve probably seen it by now, but just in case, it’s Feminist Ryan Gosling and he’s saying “Hey Girl….” 2. MEDIA: Really cool analysis I wish I’d done on Sociological Images. It maps the sexualization of male vs. … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Body Image, Books, Gender, Hollywood, Media, Really Good Writing by Other People
Curve Appeal vs. American Apparel’s “Next Big Thing” Contest
Today, I found a Tumblr called Curve Appeal that fits with yesterday’s theme of un-retouched photos of women’s bodies*. On it, women and girls post pictures of themselves and include anecdotal notes about their figures (“I’m finally starting to realize … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image
Sunday Scraps 53
1. BEAUTY: One mom, Eleni Gage, writes about how she pierced her infant’s ears and wound up on the receiving end of a whole slew of comments ranging from “female genital mutilation!” to accusations of class warfare. 2. REDDIT: Pretty … Continue reading →
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