Why is makeup-free Pamela Anderson a revolutionary? The models strutting skeletal bodies draped in haute couture usually make news at fashion shows. They parade the vanity and artificiality the fashion industry propagates with the zeal of a religious cult. That’s why it takes a vision to behold for anyone merely watching these shows to upstage the models on the catwalk. Yet, that is… Read more.
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Buyer Beware ‘A Watchman’ and Women in Makeup
A Watchman An independent bookstore in Michigan is offering refunds for customers who were unhappy with Go Set A Watchman, the recently released controversial novel by Harper Lee… ‘It is disappointing and frankly shameful to see our noble industry parade and celebrate this as ‘Harper Lee’s New Novel’. This is pure exploitation of both literary… Read more.
Beware Makeup Morphing ‘Ugly Ducklings into Swans’
I am a social libertarian. Therefore, I couldn’t care any less how women choose to present themselves in public or make fools of themselves on social media. But I have one abiding pet peeve: women who rely on “transformative” beauty tricks to make themselves feel good, impress other women, or attract shallow men. Here, for… Read more.
PSA: Unmask Your Woman Before You Tell Her She’s Beautiful
During October 2013 the BBC’s 100 Women season will seek to shine a light on life for women in the twenty-first century – the risks, challenges and opportunities they face every day, in every country. And we want our global audiences to tell us what they think. (BBC, October 4, 2013) Well, I’ve already chimed… Read more.