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How I Made Up with Make-up
Had puberty not been so cruel, would I have chosen differently? Would I have bothered with “interesting” if “hot” were available?
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The Girl Without the Red Lipstick: Why I Keep Saying No To Make-Up
As our bodies began to transform when we turned teens, the girls in my class started to get little makeovers. Many started waxing, some got their noses pierced, and almost everyone started applying kajal and lip balm. I resisted them all, convinced that giving in to make-up would suggest that I wasn’t enough the way I was; that I needed fixing to fit in.
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50 Shades of Greying: Ladies, Time to Retire the Compliment “You Don’t Look Your Age!”
We are socially conditioned to equate youth with beauty, and beauty as an accomplishment. But why not think of your crows’ feet and greys as sieves that filter out assholes who think women serve only one purpose – to be someone’s eye-candy? Let’s start by retiring “you don’t look your age!” as a compliment.
