Unpacking the darker side of beauty tutorials

23 Mar

Are beauty tutorials liberating of their lifting the lid on the time, money and work that goes into making a look or are they only one other way of reinforcing culturally sanctioned ideals? Clementine Prendergast examines In his famous work, The Art of Love, the traditional Roman poet Ovid issues a stark warning to women about how they need to go about applying their make-up. “With wax whiten your skin, and with carmine to present yourself the rosy hue which Nature has denied you […] But not at all let your lover find you with a number of ‘aids to beauty’ boxes about you. The art that adorns you ought to...

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25 Jan

Unpacking the pressure on men to be beach body

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Beauty, Featured

Within the run as much as summer, women aren't the one individuals who feel the pressures of being 'beach body ready' – it may affect men's mental health too Summer is coming. The world is heating up at an alarming rate. The long run consequences will undoubtedly be devastating. Within the short term, this implies I’m going to want a beach body to feel comfortable in my local park, let alone on holiday. Love Island is back on the TV; regardless that I resolutely refuse to look at the show, my social media feeds are populated by sculpted arms and washboard abs. The pressure I feel from this may be very real and really destructive. As...

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8 Dec

Unpacking the weird alt-right propaganda behind the raw meat

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The radicalised weight loss plan plan of the alt-right associates pork with alpha males and soy with emasculated cucks Heidi Montag is papped snacking on a raw bison heart in the midst of LA. She claims that it can boost her fertility. A person chugs 100 raw eggs on livestream. It has over three million views. Joe Rogan thinks that cooking meat over an open fire will unlock ancient genetic memories (disclaimer: it can not). In every single place you look, carnivorous urges are infiltrating the mainstream. With roots in esoteric fitness circles and man-o-sphere blogs, health enthusiasts are swapping out smoothies for steaks in a bid to enhance their wellness. “Billions of individuals...

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16 Aug

Hey circuit queens! Unpacking the visual references in Troye

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The Australian artist is back with what would be the yr’s hottest video, with references to Peter Hujar, Caravaggio and Wolfgang Tillmans. Strap in and strap on! Well, we've got our first poppers anthem of the summer. Yesterday, Troye Sivan debuted “Rush”, the lead single from Something To Give Each Other, the Australian popstar’s first record in five years. A Gordon von Steiner-directed music video dropped alongside the song, setting the web ablaze for its heady depiction of a sticky, sexy, very gay summer. In an announcement accompanying the track, Sivan said the song evoked “the sensation of kissing a sweaty stranger on a dancefloor, a two-hour date that was a weekend, a...

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