Beauty, Judgements & Hypocrites: Enough is Enough
That’s a picture of me when I was about 6 months old. As you can tell I’m wearing a special shoe on my left foot. That shoe, along with a cast, straightened (well, for the most part) the crooked leg...
View ArticleGetting Up Close and Personal with the Hottest, Coolest, Ladies in Fashion Tech
Warning: This is not your typical Beautyskew post :). I’m taking a leap. For those of you who follow my posts, you know that I share my thoughts in written form. Well, for the first time, I’m going...
View Article“Beauty and the Beast”: A Blow to Feminism or Something Powerful For Us All?
This week we are changing things up! While the last number of posts have been about the future, i.e., upcoming fashion tech, this week I’m going to talk about something that’s been around for...
View ArticleBeauty in the Workplace: How We Can Embrace, Not Fear, A Multi-Generational...
Within minutes of me publishing last week’s post, The Role of Ugliness and the Need to Address the Topic Head On, I received a very interesting plea by one of the readers. He urged me to address...
View ArticleThe Other Side to Media’s Unrealistic Depictions of Beauty
Apologies for the break in posts over the past few weeks. I’ve been cooking up a whole new aspect to my blog! Stay tuned for the upcoming changes. Courtesy of Numero Magazine I was flying back from...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Social Media isn’t Just Skin Deep
A street in Paris My my trip a few weeks ago In past posts, I have referenced the anthropology-based work around various technology platforms I had the privilege to develop, including a study on Social...
View ArticleNot What You’d Expect: What Blind People Can Teach Us About Physical Beauty
Courtesy of WatchCut Video What does beauty mean if you’re blind? After all, you can’t see, right? Does it actually matter to a person who can’t see? The answer? Yes! I came across a fascinating...
View ArticleEmpowerment, Political Affairs & Youth Education: Fashion Week’s Other Side
If any of you follow fashion, you know every major city has celebrated it’s Fashion Week over the past month or so. And I can’t help but reflect on it all. Sure, Fashion Week is full of crazy...
View ArticleMasculinity, Beauty & Peace: How a Light Make-Over Show Can Be the Key to...
Queer Eye’s Fab Five While it’s the month to officially celebrate women, I’m actually going to turn our attention to men today. In my quest to find a binge-able show on Netflix, I was scrolling through...
View ArticleDamned if You Do, Damned If You Don’t: In 2019, Let’s Be Done With With The...
Elizabeth I‘s make-up killed her. At least according to some historians. In her attempt to look youthful and blemish-free, the queen used a toxic white powder, Ceruse, containing high doses of...
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