Bengali women wear pants. You’re saying to yourself: “yeah, so?” But I found it really interesting. Living in the US, my common stereotype of women’s fashion was that it was caught up in skirts. Skirts keep women (in that context) from participating in strenuous activities, such as sports and labor. So, misguided me thought that […]
This week’s question is a pretty simple one (well, I suppose it is for the American readers, perhaps not for others): What are you doing/did you do for the 4th of July? I don’t quite know yet, but I believe I’ll be hanging out at Gasworks Park and telling young people to vote along with […]
This week, I have been talking a lot about feminism and fashion and the way that personal meets political through your self-expression. Now it’s your turn to speak: What does fashion do for you? What messages do you share with the world (consciously or unconsciously) when you put on clothes/makeup/accessories? Does your personal interact with […]
The Uniform Project is truly where fashion meets activism. It is an interesting project in that it took the deceptively simple challenge of wearing one black dress every day for a year and made it a metaphor that people could invest in – bringing kids the money they needed to go to school. TEDxDubai 2010| […]
Not too long ago when I was working on this blog, before I had all my notions about women of color and feminist identity, I thought that I would make it into a photography blog. Indeed, last year I posted a photo a day for half the days of the year, working on my life […]
Last week, I talked about my position on skin-lightening creams. Even as I wrote that post, I was bursting with contradictions. Some include: Is it a woman’s right to do that to her body?*Are people using these products uninformed about the consequences and the societal expectations informing their choices? If not, what makes them choose […]
Hello there! Yesterday I fell silent on the blogging front due to overwhelming attempts at getting my final anthropology paper started (4/15 pages written, whoo!) and today looks like another full one. As you might imagine, the infinite universe of the internet has been set aside for a little while – thus, I am going […]
Fabuleuse, non? Le Blog de Big Beauty I just discovered this blog recently from another blog that I really enjoy – Already Pretty!This blog is about a plus-sized French woman who adores fashion and is a pretty well traveled person from the looks of it! Currently, she has some pieces up about a trip to […]