Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? In a ballet class, mirrors are a useful tool to show or fix how your technique looks. It is also a weapon for ballerinas to pick apart their bodies, their weight, and their beauty daily. The standards within the ballet culture are detrimental […]
Read More Mirror Mirror…Everybody looks better with a tan is what the employee at the local tanning salon told me while signing up for a membership. I believed this statement as well; I thought I really did look better. I was a senior in high school when I started tanning consistently. Everyone else around me was also doing […]
Read More Everybody looks better with a tanSocial media platforms have quickly taken over the reality of the world it seems like. How many of you use tik tok, instagram, snapchat, facebook or other newer social media apps daily? What would you say your feed/ “for you page” consists of? If yours is anything like mine, it may have some food and […]
Read More social media beauty standardMaskne or mask acne is something many people have been fighting since the beginning of the pandemic. Check out this post to find out how to get rid of Maskne!
Read More Maskne Sucks!My mom has blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. She has Dutch, French, and German ancestry. My dad has kinky, thick, and black hair with brown eyes and brown skin. He has West African and Native American ancestry. All my life, I have been asked, “What are you?” I have been asked by grocery […]
Read More STOP ASKING ME WHAT I AM.The National Eating Disorder Awareness (NEDA) week is February 24th to March 1st this year, and to promote awareness the Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority (Tri Sig) hosted a Speak out in honor of the survivors and fighters of eating disorders. In my three years at JMU, I have never been to this event. Each year […]
Read More 2020 Leslie George Speak OutFrom faulty highlighters to lip filler, the beauty industry is creating a culture that is at least questionable.
Read More I’m Tired of YouTube Beauty Drama Aren’t You?When you guys last heard from me, I was giving you a review of my new favorite book, After by Anna Todd. In that post, I opened up a discussion about how people see tattoos and piercings. This got me thinking more about that topic since I myself have three (soon to be four, sorry mom) […]
Read More Tattoos and AssumptionsPlease enjoy me pretending I have extensive musical knowledge as I share three of my rockin’ femme-faves of the modern day.
Read More Powerful Feminist Musicians to Save Our SoulsLet’s talk about body hair on women.
Read More Lions and Tigers and Hair, OH MY!
ShoutOut! James Madison University 