Granola girl. That’s one of my nicknames at work. I embrace it, but let me tell you how I was dubbed “granola girl” — I am a vegetarian, and I wear no makeup. Before you get too upset about this, let me just say that I work in the beauty industry and am therefore expected [...]
Posts Tagged ‘beauty’
Granola Girl
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged advertising, beauty, begetarian, cosmetics, Granola Girl, makeup, Photoshop, society on February 15, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Natural Hair: My Struggles, Tangles, and Freedoms
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged African American, beauty, beauty ideal, National Student Advisory Council, NCCWSL on December 8, 2010, | 7 Comments »
My relationship with my hair has been a multifaceted one. Thus, I’ve chosen to explore the origins and reasons behind my decisions to “go natural” and to share what I’ve learned along the way. My position on the National Student Advisory Council has required me to look at myself and the labels society has given [...]
Body Typed
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged beauty, beauty ideal, Body Typed, film, media, photo retouching, women filmmakers, women in media, women's representation on December 22, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Living in media-saturated cultures, we are surrounded by perfected images of “beauty.” The debate continues over whether or not advertisers should disclose the extent to which their images are digitally manipulated. Valérie Boyer, a member of the French parliament is proposing legislation in France that would require digitally altered photographs to be labeled. What would [...]
Beauty, Brains, and Body Image
Posted in Sexism, tagged beauty, body image, media, television, TV on July 10, 2009, | 1 Comment »
I’m a fan of Margaret Cho, so when I heard she was in the new Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva, that certainly sparked my interest in the show, which premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. The premise centers around a model (Deb, played by Brooke D’Orsay) who dies, gets to the Pearly Gates via an escalator, [...]
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