by Lerato Manyozo – Malawi – They say once you go black, you never go back. For me, turns out, it’s a much bigger story. I say, once you go virgin – Brazilian, Peruvian, Indian, Malaysian or Cambodian – you…
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Being a Feminist in 2012 is a Tricky Business
by Meghan Lewis –U.K.– I can think of many greater threats to feminism than a photograph of a woman without make-up. In fact I fail to see how this can be seen as a threat to feminism at all. However,…
Tagged with: Arts & Culture, Feminism, Media, Social Change, The Beauty Myth
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
When Breast Implants Are Ticking Time Bombs: The PIP Scandal
by Aralena Malone-Leroy –France– In late December 2011, while most Europeans were doing last-minute holiday shopping and preparing for gargantuan meals and family festivities, hundreds of thousands of women spent achingly sleepless nights, worried that their breast implants might be…
Tagged with: France, Healthcare, Science, The Beauty Myth
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The WIP Editorial
“Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters”: Author Courtney Martin Reflects on The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body
by Courtney E. Martin – USA – I placed the voice recorder near my subject, asking if it was at a comfortable distance, and then sat down in my own chair opposite. The list of questions I had prepared for…
Tagged with: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Education, Health, Obesity, The Beauty Myth, United States
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Unreal Beauty Is Dangerous to the Soul
by Nancy Van Ness – USA – I know what I look like, more than most people. I study photographs and film footage of myself dancing in a unitard assiduously, in order to hone my work. Not many people scrutinize…
Tagged with: Art, Arts & Culture, beauty, Dance, film, self image, The Beauty Myth, United States
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Mary Kay Global Expansion Raises Hope, Concerns
by Sarah Wyatt – USA – The Dallas Convention Center was rocking last July. Some 42,000 Mary Kay consultants, many clad in red blazers, milled about, in attendance for the three-week national annual gathering known as Seminar. Enormous video screens…
