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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "beauty"

The "Attractiveness Bonus" in the Workplace

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. October 19, 2011.

Studies show pretty people make more money--so should ugly people be designated disabled members of a disadvantaged minority meriting compensation as a protected class?

Addicted to Beauty? How My Obsession With Looking Hot Screwed Up My Life

Lisa Hickey, The Good Men Project. September 20, 2011.

Compulsive pursuing "beauty" almost ruined Lisa Hickey's life, until she learned to accept herself, as well as her past.

The Cosmetics Racket: Why the Beauty Industry Can Get Away with Charging a Fortune for Makeup

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. September 11, 2010.

Experts warn that we're getting bamboozled by huge makeup markups.

7 Strange Things People Do to Make Themselves More Attractive

Katherine Butler, EcoSalon. September 3, 2010.

Should you inject sheep embryos into your face? Slather your skin with gold? Here are some of the world's strangest beauty treatments.

11 Dangerous Ingredients You Should Avoid at All Costs

Sarah Irani, EcoSalon. December 7, 2009.

Headaches, birth defects, allergies and even cancer can be caused by ingredients in common cosmetics. You don't need that junk to look good.

Our Thinness Obsessed Culture Is Destroying Women

Johann Hari, Independent UK. September 21, 2009.

One day, we will look back on a time when women aspired to be Belsen-thin with the incomprehension we feel for Chinese foot-binding. But how do we get there?

Men Are Turning Into Ken Dolls

Trisha Gura, Huffington Post. May 14, 2009.

Today's idealized man looks more like the typical, glowing female model we are accustomed to seeing in magazines than the Brawny man.

Airbrushed Britney: Clever Street Art Makes Fun of Impossible Beauty Standards

Cara, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. January 16, 2009.

Feminist vandalism?

The Pornograph-izing of Sarah Palin

Cara, Feministe AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. October 29, 2008.

Strip club look alike contests and the 'Nailin Palin' porno by Hustler are not in good fun.

Why I Hate Beauty

Michael Levine, Hara Estroff Marano, Psychology Today. August 8, 2008.

Men are barraged by images of unobtainable women in the media, making it difficult for them to desire the ordinarily beautiful.

Why Brides-to-Be Are Starving Themselves Skinny

Allison Gaudet Yarrow, Women's eNews. July 15, 2008.

A multi-billion-dollar wedding industry peddles the perfection myth more intensely than ever before.

What's So Great About Beauty?

Shannon Rupp, The Tyee. June 14, 2008.

From soap ads to elections, looking good is way overrated.

Has Artificial Beauty Become the New Feminism?

Jennifer Cognard-Black, Ms. Magazine. September 29, 2007.

How the pitch for cosmetic surgery co-opts feminism.

Hair Weaves Tangle Self-Image for Black Women

Malena Amusa, Women's eNews. February 21, 2007.

By wearing weaves and wigs, black women can become the type of woman society doesn't otherwise expect them to be. But do these counter-identities lead to empowerment or self-loathing?

Women's Beauty Routines: Maintenance or Masochism?

Andrea Bartz, Sirens Magazine. January 12, 2007.

There's a line between working hard to get gorgeous and subjecting yourself to all-out pain. Being swollen, inflamed, and bruised is not pretty.

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