6 Search results for "eurocentric beauty standards"

by Avery Ware The sexual question comes after the question of color; it’s simply one more aspect of the danger in which all black people live. I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, into a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The anomaly of their sexuality […]

Image: "You Need A Haircut" by JeCorey Holder If one more white dude with side-shaves and a Gandalf beard looks at my glorious afro and tells me that I “need a haircut,” I am going to lose my fabulous shit. To them, I say, “Black men can't rock our glorious moisturized curls while you've got [...]

Last week, a research team from Johns Hopkins Medicine published a review of 19 studies titled “All Hairstyles Are Not Created Equal”, in which they analyzed the relationship between “scalp-pulling” hairstyles and hair loss among Black women. The takeaway, according to Dr. Crystal Aguh, is to offer both Black women patients and dermatologists tips for […]

It’s time to celebrate Black men’s hair. WatchCut is taking a look at Black men with its newest video for its “100 Years of Beauty” series.

Ng’endo Mukii‘s Yellow Fever is a mixed-media short film that explores the impact of Eurocentric beauty standards on African women. The documentary was originally conceived as Mukii’s thesis project at London’s Royal College of Art. h/t OkayAfrica Photo: Yellow Fever/Screenshot

The following post was written by Danielle Whitelow, and originally appears on For Harriet under the title of, “Ridin’ and Dyin’: An Open Letter to African-American Men.” By: Danielle Whitelow I like to think of myself as a lover of African-American men. It’s hard not to. Indeed, pledging my love and allegiance to your plight […]