standards of beauty

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Last week I published a piece on this site about how a white dude at the opera called me "disgusting" after I…

Friends, readers, ladyfolk, I believe we are being trolled. I believe we are being trolled by major newspapers and…

Oh, hello New York Times, it's so nice of you to come! I've been wondering when you were going to show up.…

I cannot believe we have to have this conversation. Although I see it over and over again, I continue to be stunned…

Anti-aging skincare company StriVectin has the newest solution to your search for youth— as long as you're down with…

Imagine Hannibal Lecter meets a medieval Iron Maiden at a Daft Punk show, and you've got the IlluMask.

Despite her home team being eliminated from the World Cup in the quarter-finals, 17-year-old Axelle Despiegelaere…

A Korean skincare company has a pressing question for its American customers: Do you wanna be white?

When you leave home ready to face the public having spent five minutes or 50, you have artfully negotiated a far…

If you're a young up-and-coming actor, whether you're vying for an action film or not, you'd better get used to…

Earlier this month, Lupita Nyong'o landed a contract with Lancome; today British model Jourdan Dunn has signed a…

I tried to ignore this woman for as long as possible. I really did. The first time I heard the term "butt selfie"…

Over at Rookie, Katie McMahon writes about being pressured by her mother into losing weight from childhood until 16,…

Because I am the most tedious person in the history of dad's-girlfriends, the other day I found myself yelling at a…

I peaked, size wise, at the age of 10, when I bought my first training bra — that, with a bit of a tug across the…

The gifs from this video just go to show how much creative license someone skilled at Photoshop can take with the…

Lady Gaga is on the December cover of Glamour magazine — the Woman Of The Year issue — and inside, she talks about…

Once, on a blind date in my twenties, a guy I instantly didn't like realized this and said something hilariously…

At first glance, the images of the contestants in the 2013 Miss Korea pageant seem like a trick of the eye: Wait,…