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Beauty and Culture
Stealing Beauty: On Cultural Appropriation in Fashion
If there's any constant in fashion, it is that it always changes. And part of that change is fashion's taking of inspiration from every...
Beauty and Culture
Cole Haan Born in 1928
Authentic is a buzzword that's way overused, especially in advertising. When we see "authentic" statements next to obvious models, giving obviously faux attitude, we're...
Beauty and Culture
Beauty Archetypes: Whores
Whore! It may be the lowest insult that can be hurled at a woman. Yet prostitution and promiscuity thrive as archetypes in beauty and...
Beauty and Culture
War Paint
Do you watch Vikings? I'm totally hooked, and between the violent clashes between cultures (and the costume details), I've been musing about Floki's eyeliner.
Fierce...
Beauty and Culture
The Duty of Beauty: Vanity in Downton Abbey
Any of us who are into fashion and beauty watch Downton Abbey with an eye for the details: the clothes and jewelry, and of...
Beauty and Culture
Is Photoshop an Enemy of Feminism?
There's been a lot of press coverage of Seventeen Magazine's "body peace treaty" lately, and I've been getting questions about it myself. What do...
Beauty and Culture
Inside Beauty: 7 Reasons Why Models are so Skinny
As a makeup artist, I get a lot of questions about models from my non-industry friends. And most of these have to do with...
Beautiful People
Gerald DeCock: Magic and Muses
Gerald DeCock travels between creative worlds: hairstylist, painter, and now collaborator on two photography projects. A hairstylist by trade, his effortless-looking work appears regularly...
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Lockdowns Destroyed Our Human Energy Exchange Economy and I Want it Back
My husband and I went to a comedy club with friends a few weeks ago. I was afraid to go - would the comedians...