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 be funny? Or would we be sitting...

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Is Wearing Makeup Unvirtuous?

Quite often when I tell another woman that I'm a makeup artist, she'll respond with an immediate confession about her makeup habits. "I don't wear much makeup," she'll say,...

Chantelle Brown-Young & Desigual Bust Through Another Beauty Barrier

Beauty acceptance has hit a new level with Desigual's hiring of Chantelle Brown-Young for their Autumn 2014 campaign. Brown-Young, who models under the name Chantelle Winnie, has vitiligo, a...

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 fashion imagery. Why? Is it...

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