real beauty
I am reading (and loving) Jonathan Tropper’s How to Talk to a Widower right now and came across this passage on beauty that I think so eloquently nails it: She […]
Giving Up Beauty
So, I never intended to have a career as a writer and, most especially, did not expect to end up being a positive body image advocate (well, I personally was […]
Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina
In June 2007, Seal Press published Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina. Showcasing self-actualization, body image, and beauty perception among Latina woman in a United States very different […]
Excerpt from a poem I am loving right now: Some Me of Beauty
the fact is that I don’t hate any body any more i went through my mean period… just like that i woke up one morning and looked at my self […]
Dove Real Beauty Workshop in Charlotte
Get involved to make a change! Announcing the 2008 Dove Real Beauty Workshops Saturday, December 6 at 12:00 pm Sponsored by Girl Talk Foundation, Inc. & UNCC, Gender Excellence […]
Time Tested Beauty Tips
Sam Levenson was a teacher, humorist, writer, and television host who wrote a lovely poem for his grandchild that has often been attributed to Audrey Hepburn as she often quoted it in her talks […]
Sex, Stereotypes, and Beauty
For 10 years, the National Organization for Women has been engaged in the Love Your Body Campaign: looking at ways that Hollywood, the fashion industry, and the media project images […]
What Confucius said about beauty
I just came across an article by Fatima Chowdhury on body image in India. Below is an excerpt. Check the whole thing out here. Confucius once said: ‘Everything has beauty,but […]
Giving Up Beauty: Another I-Mix
So everyday I am provided with a list of terms that people entered in search engines and thus found the blog for Hijas Americanas. The things people enter all over the […]
The Precipice of a Beauty Revolution
When I started work on Hijas Americanas in early 2006, there wasn’t much talk of shaking up America’s beauty standard. I researched, interviewed wonderful, forthright women, and wrote while taking […]
