Mascara

Blaire Beavers Position Paper The cosmetics industry has been dominated by females since its creation; this also means it’s been dominated by idealized women. If you pick up a weekly advertisement for Sephora, odds are you’re going to see a very pale, very skinny, young woman on the front. While in Jean Kilbourne’s Killing Us Softly film series show how women are portrayed negatively in the media and its effect on the everyday women, I believe the makeup industry may be on leading the way to…

“She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring” (quote by Zelda Fitzgerald author of The Great Gatsby).A flapper lived life as if she was going to die the next day. She believed that each day is a new adventure, a new way to fullest. Ever since the beginning of history, women have been oppressed. Women were always told that their only job was to marry, have children, and take care of the house.The jazz age was a time the law A woman era also told to keep every inch of their bodies…

Soirée Under the Stars My high school, like most others, was fully inhabited with occupied teenagers. The seniors not only had senioritis, but also had the many pressures of college, adulthood, and undeniably the near future. With what seemed like countless college essays, scholarship applications, and homework assignments students had an overwhelming amount of obligations. Yet despite theses academic demands, the seniors all gave the impression of having accepted and skillfully managed their…

Lola is the kind of character that the film noir culture celebrates: the demure, dependent woman that wants to secure a stable male relationship, while simultaneously punishing the femme fatale creation as against nature. While Lola fits right into such a society and is the only “truly innocent” character that Double Indemnity celebrates, Phyllis challenges this ideal traditional woman, and in doing so, is punished for it. Lola displays the characteristics of the shy, dependent woman who looks…

Life of bi “Gender preference does not define you. Your spirit defines you”-P.C Cast I don’t understand. How can I be like this? It’s not normal. Well, that’s what society thinks anyway. “Dyke” is what they called down the corridor as I walked in my boy’s polo. I remember my first real girl crush. Beautiful, baby-faced. Well, we were both six year old. From then on I began to question who I was, I didn’t hear the word “sexuality” until I went to high school nicknamed hell. I spent four long…

I’m expected to roll my neck and receive no respect because I’m expected to have tons of sass but hardly any class and my naturally curly kinky hair is something that I shouldn’t share with the world. Also, just because I’m black doesn’t mean I’m ignorant and unwilling to unpack controversial issues that affect everyone and not only my fellow blacks. So don’t think this is an “angry black girl” rant, but instead recognize that I just want a chance to make people aware that the things they see in…

Whole-animal testing is antiquated, and progressive scientists have already developed thousands of more accurate laboratory tests that are cheaper, faster, and most importantly, don 't involve animals. The world doesn 't need another eyeliner, concealer, or mascara, especially when it is produced at the expense of innocent animals that are being brutally mistreated. No longer can humanity sit idly and bat blind eyes to this issue, for the experimentation of…

Vivian Rider My Mentor “Talk to me.” Every time I had an upset or quiet demeanor that leads to shutting myself down from friends and class participation, my elementary school teacher would constantly show her concern when nobody else would. Life isn’t easy and it took me a long time to understand that. Letting others into my life without hesitating isn’t so scary as I thought it would be. Sometimes being alone is the best, but restraining from destroying myself is being strong. What makes me…

humans that testing can show what these products would do to us humans. So if they are so similar, why is it wrong to do these tests on humans but not on animals? Because animals simply can not speak in a way we can understand? Next time you use mascara or shampoo think of what thousands of animals had to go through for you to get that…

said as he raised his hand. It was the first day of my sixth grade year. I was sitting straight up in my desk while wearing my brand new school clothes. My mom had curled my hair for this special occasion, and I was even allowed to wear a bit of mascara on my eyes. “Mia?” Mr. Blume read. Another girl sitting across the room from me had perked up, and her and I simultaneously shouted, “Here!” “Mia Aicher?” Mr. Blume clarified. “Oh, that’s me!” The girl across the room replied. She had on a…