If you love to binge cheesy dramas like I do, then you are probably familiar with the popular early 2000s show Desperate Housewives. You are probably even more familiar with the iconic character, Lynette Scavo. Lynette is one of those characters that you hate at the beginning then you grow to love by the end […]
Read More Lynette Scavo AKA The Corporate PowerhouseWe all know social media influencer Alix Earle who’s famous for her “Get Ready With Me” videos and beauty advice. Her fans admire her for keeping it real and sharing her personal life. In mid-January, Earle collaborated with the brand Frame to launch her pair of skinny jeans called “The Alix”. The Gen Z influencer […]
Read More Skinny Jeans and Self-ConfidenceI’m sure we all remember the pencil-thin brows that dominated the late ’90s and early 2000s. During that era, thin brows were all the rage, and having bushy brows was definitely not the standard. I was born in the early 2000s, and throughout my childhood and teenage years, I felt self-conscious about my naturally thick […]
Read More Frumpy To Fabulous: the Return of the Bushy Brow and Fashion CyclesFast fashion coined its name as a business model and current trend on social media through its fast rate of design and production. These designs aim to replicate clothing and other items that are viewed as trendy. Fast fashion is widely available, and its underlying objective is to promote and sell large quantities of “on-trend” […]
Read More Fast fashion: a feminist issueThis blog post was edited on March 19th, 2023 “Get Ready With Me!” “Shein Haul!” “Ulta Haul!” “5 basics you NEED for your closet!” I’m sure that you have heard most, if not all of these intros to a video while scrolling through your tiktok or instagram feed, and if you’re like me, you watch […]
Read More Feminism, Overconsumption and Fast FashionIn the last three months of my life, two of my best friends have gotten engaged! It is a crazy time as it makes us all feel so old and mature even though we act like children most of the time. In wedding planning, my roommate (one of my engaged besties) has had to search […]
Read More Why are brides expected to wear white?What do you think of when you hear about Victoria’s Secret brand? I think of push-up bras and thongs. That’s what I would spend my money on in middle school and early high school. Little did I know then I was buying into the falsehoods and lies behind Victoria’s Secret. It was an extremely popular […]
Read More Victoria’s Secret: A Toxic FantasyWhen I was a child, my favorite character was Scooby-Doo, however, my mom was never able to find Scooby-Doo clothing in the girls’ section at the store. For some reason, in my five-year-old mind it was essential that I had Scooby-Doo clothing, so she finally provided me with some, but I was so embarrassed that […]
Read More Pink is for Boys: Challenging Gender norms in clothingIf there is one thing the pandemic was helpful for, it was the fact that it allowed me to think. Like A LOT. One of the topics on the forefront of my mind has been life choices, both those that I made and those that were made for me. One choice that was made for […]
Read More What’s the Pointe? Lessons learned from being a “Plus sized” dancer.In July of 2021, Ukraine’s ministry of defense announced that it’s Female military members would be required to wear high heels while marching in Ukraine’s upcoming military parade on August 24th. Ukraine, once one of the most important satellite states in the USSR, has long had difficult relations with its Russian neighbors to the east, […]
Read More Female Soldiers Forced to Wear high Heels during parades
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