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In these deeply researched essays, a Paris Review contributor blends science, history, and memoir to explore human obsession with gorgeous things, exposing the fraught histories of makeup, silk, jewels, perfume, and other objects, helping readers to ethically partake in the beauty of the world around them.
Kelleher has spent much of her life chasing beauty. She came to see that whenever you find something unbearably beautiful, if you look closer,...
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"Every day, women are bombarded with idealized, impossibly perfect images that make us feel like we'll never measure up. We've been told that primping and preening are a trap, a costly addiction that distracts us from what really matters. But sometimes a beauty ritual can ground us; a well-executed smoky eye can give us confidence to fight for a promotion. Face Value goes beyond theory and examines the lived experience of dozens of women across all...
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"Made Up: How the Beauty Industry Manipulates Consumers, Preys on Women's Insecurities, and Promotes Unattainable Beauty Standards takes a hard look at the multibillion-dollar beauty industry, which promotes unrealistic beauty standards, perpetuates gender stereotypes, and uses sexual objectification to sell products. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 explores the global beauty industry, traces the cultural history of cosmetics, examines...
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"An audacious journalistic exploration of the present and future of beauty through the lens of South Korea's booming "K-beauty" industry and the culture it promotes"--
The skincare and makeup products of Korea work together to fascinate us, champion consumerism, and invite us to indulge. Hu has spent four years in Seoul as NPR's bureau chief, and here she turns her eye to the darker questions lurking beneath the story. When technology makes it easy...
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"Moving through the world in a body that looks different than most, Jones learned on to factor "pain calculations" into every plan, every situation. She was born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, which affects both the stature and gait, and so her pain is physical. But there is also the pain of being judged and pitied for her appearance, of being dismissed as "less than." The way she has been seen--or not seen--has informed...
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"There is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as "diseased" and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat black women, which Sabrina Strings shows took root more than two hundred years ago. Strings weaves together an eye-opening historical narrative ranging from the Renaissance to the current moment, analyzing important works of art, newspaper...
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Documentary film that reveals the shocking truth about hair, politics, and racial identity in Black communities and beyond. Directed by New York City based clinical psychologist Gillian Scott-Ward, the film was inspired by the work she was doing in her clinical practice and her own drive to go natural. The film is a powerful call for healing that takes a grassroots approach to exploring the globalized policing of natural Black hair. Filmed in New...
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