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Instagram, Multi-Level Marketing, and the False Promises That Fuel Them
As relentless as these MLM Instagram posts may be, they demonstrate how eager women are to occupy entrepreneurial spaces.Daily Rituals: On Skincare as Meditation
Our very own staff writer and photographer Tiffany Oluoch, MCAS '19, shares her everyday skincare routine—as well as how she (finally) came to discover it.Nail Salons: Safe Spaces for Asian-American Women
The Gavel Culture Editor, Jinoo Song, takes a trip down memory lane into the nail salons in which his mother worked, exposing the harsh reality of the lack of safe ...Activist Zahira Kelly Examines Eurocentric Beauty Standards and Body Representations
"In a society that values Eurocentric beauty standards, those who do not align with these standards are disenfranchised and shoved to the sidelines."Activist Sonya Renee Taylor on Practicing Self-Love
During her talk on "10 Tools For Radical Self Love," Taylor discussed the importance of body positivity and learning to love oneself.Is There an Ideal Body Image?
From hourglass curves to thin and lean -- a look into the transformation of the ideal female body in an age consumed by social media.When You Look This Good, No One Cares if You're Plastic
Despite its slogan of “You can be anything,” Mattel's new Barbie doll is not living up to its potential.'Colorism' Called Out as Source of Skin-Deep Definition of Beauty
Student panelists preach that beauty comes in every shade at a Love Your Body Week event.
