In my village, and according to my family, owning lipstick was unacceptable. But to me, lipstick represented freedom. Read more
Finding My Freedom In A Tube Of Lipstick
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How Fenty’s Moroccan Spice Palette Excludes Moroccan Women From Its Mission Of ‘Inclusivity’
Orientalism still harms, even if it’s not done maliciously. Read more
How To Speak Truth To Power With Come-Hither Hues Of Fuck You
The color, the formulation, the sensory memory of application and wear, the ritual procedure and experience of lipsticks serves both to cement and evoke memory. Read more
‘One Creates Oneself’: The Feminist Who Loved Makeup
By Chelsea Cristene 1997: The girls at school collect Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers. We line them up on one of our desks, form a circle, compare. The most basic come in standard fruit flavors like lime and watermelon. Some, like my frosty blue snowflake gloss from a holiday collection, are laden with sparkles. The rarest offer Read more