ATLANTA–Perched in a stylist’s chair at Yaya’s Natural Hair Boutique, Akeyla Peele-Tembong teared up as she recalled how, when she was a higher education pupil, a person of her professors instructed that she straighten her all-natural hair to improve her chances of landing a plum function-research career. “I was like, […]
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LISTEN: Marissa Chan on solutions to harmful beauty products
Marissa Chan joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss endocrine-disrupting chemicals in personal care products and how we can start to tackle these harmful exposures. Chan, a current fellow and a Ph.D. student in Population Health Sciences in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. […]
Outdated beauty standards harmful to women and young girls
For many years, social media influencers, feminist scholars and cosmetics providers alike have questioned, “How can we aid a person’s confidence in their entire body?” In reaction, I inquire, “What worth is there in bodily self-assurance, and what motive is there to attempt for it at all?” In a Teen Requires survey, […]