Every woman cares about beauty! Here, we can have heartfelt conversations about beauty as a concept and beauty as in how we tend to ourselves!
Why do we always feel like we’re never enough?
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Beauty
Video Vault: What Happens When Everyday Women are Put on the Photoshop Diet?
written by Erika Nicole Kendall
Do you believe that photoshopping a photo either adds to it or diminishes its appeal?
To my knowledge Chris Rock’s movie, Good Hair, doesn’t have a fitness element to it, no. Although I did catch a clip of Raven-Symone (I think?) saying that our hair …
Stories of booty injections gone horribly wrong.
Video Vault: Documentary Details How Booty Injections Will Leave You in “Buttloads of Pain” (NSFW)
written by Erika Nicole Kendall
“Oscarina’s derrière had transformed so much that it no longer looked like it was part of a human’s body; her five-year-old daughter mistook her fluid-filled cheeks for a poopy diaper, …
The Beauty Shop: How Does Your Job and Dating Life Affect How You Wear Your Hair?
written by Erika Nicole Kendall
“Beauty is pain,” but “beauty isn’t sweat.” Women are supposed to sit still and be pretty, like trophies, or porcelain dolls or something.
Beyonce’s “Pretty Hurts” Video Criticizes and Challenges Diet and Beauty Culture
written by Erika Nicole Kendall
A more in-depth discussion of Beyonce’s newest videos, “Pretty Hurts.”
Welcome to the BGG2WL beauty shop! We’ll be talking hair, body image, beauty standards, and how it all affects health and fitness!
Two-Time Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas Says “Stop Talking About” Her Hair
written by Erika Nicole Kendall
”Nothing is going to change,” she said. ”I’m going to wear my hair like this during beam and bar finals. You might as well just stop talking about it.”
““I always say, I don’t look like the picture . . . If you put me in bad light with no hair and makeup, it’s not good…”
I had my moment of analyzing Erykah Badu’s latest video, and then – like most things pop culture – I was over it. Until… I just so happened to read …
There’s that looming debate over why women of color are so adamant about having straight hair. Some assumption that it is so thoroughly related to societal definitions of beauty, European …
What was YOUR favorite part of Black Girls Rock?
“You know it wasn’t the typical what you see on magazines. You know just having far apart eyes and having different features, you know, high cheek bones and different things …
You don’t think EVERYONE can be beautiful? Here’s all the reasons why I disagree.
A comparative look at the experiences of black boys in school vs. black girls, and how it affects black women.
The anatomy of a super-fake weight loss transformation photo.
An in-depth look at airbrushed and retouched photos.
On developing self-love, and giving other people the space to do the same.
…because we really needed to see Daisy Duck in Dolce & Gabbana.