tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504469498403243043.post5604659306235623565..comments2023-11-05T05:05:55.923-05:00Comments on Unapologetically Female: Feminism Friday: Makeup InterventionTraceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16772379845428202751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504469498403243043.post-77047592630812316342011-12-26T00:16:56.702-05:002011-12-26T00:16:56.702-05:00Ugh! I am so sick of these internet articles that ...Ugh! I am so sick of these internet articles that discuss feminism but never give a conclusion! It's like 'Here's our patriarchal problem, but sorry, we don't have an answer for you. Just keep being miserable and confused. Cool.' I need answers! Insight! Something!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504469498403243043.post-67838194523774876502009-10-29T19:34:32.983-04:002009-10-29T19:34:32.983-04:00i am 19 and started wearing makeup when i was abou...i am 19 and started wearing makeup when i was about 12. scary thought, that 12 year old girls think they need makeup. only recently did i decide to stop wearing it in protest of the twisted belief that women "should" wear makeup. not to mention, the insane amounts of money spent on cosmetics every year in the world and the far more productive things we could be doing with the money when 20 000 children die every day due to hunger. it's really depressing the level of control cosmetics have on some women, myself included. i usually don't worry about how i look without makeup but in some social situations, it makes me very uncomfortable. i encourage all women to force themselves into what might make them nervous so that they can learn that they are perfect in their own pure form, and should only modfiy how they look for themselves and creativity. i wish i knew more people who felt the same way!Katlynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504469498403243043.post-54520498368493660242009-08-09T08:05:29.146-04:002009-08-09T08:05:29.146-04:00To Nettie(and others) - if you are looking for lit...To Nettie(and others) - if you are looking for literature on this topic I suggest starting with 'Beauty and Misogyny' by Sheila Jeffrey's. There is also reference to others who have written on the topic throughout the book.<br /><br />TessaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504469498403243043.post-41594555367337487672009-07-31T01:42:19.723-04:002009-07-31T01:42:19.723-04:00Well, I never wore makeup until I hit my twenties....Well, I never wore makeup until I hit my twenties. Up till that point I'd had too many skin problems so makeup would just make them worse. It's just that now I've come to feel that I need to cover up the damage from the past to even look attractive.H.T.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504469498403243043.post-1406076941297846432009-07-08T17:01:10.669-04:002009-07-08T17:01:10.669-04:00When the feminist movement bloomed in the early 19...When the feminist movement bloomed in the early 1900's, so did cosmetics advertising. Wearing make-up to some represented prostitution OR an active independent expression of sexuality. Unfortunately we were lured in by mass marketing. This abuse of our selves will only stop when we agree to stop submitting to it. Our beauty is in how deeply connected we are and how we creatively express it. If makeup is worn to express creative beauty then it is healthy, otherwise it is a burka.....no different the the muslim women.jennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504469498403243043.post-71983797187954076592008-07-02T02:52:00.000-04:002008-07-02T02:52:00.000-04:00MAN! My roommate/friend and I have been talking ab...MAN! My roommate/friend and I have been talking about this all weekend. We both wear makeup all the time (not lots, but we do) and are active radical feminists and activists. We both work at a feminist org. and we understand how fucked up the makeup industry is but we have a really hard time (self-esteem wise) not wearing it. We are trying right now to not wear it and I have to say I havent found much feminist literature on the subject so THANKS so much for your contribution. <BR/><BR/>ps: Kate, Fat is Beeeeauuutiful.<BR/><BR/>Nettie <BR/><BR/>nettie.necro@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504469498403243043.post-84456991588741318272007-05-15T06:24:00.000-04:002007-05-15T06:24:00.000-04:00I was going to write about how I only wear makeup ...I was going to write about how I only wear makeup extremely rarely as well, but I didn't know where to fit it in. I've noticed the same thing -- that no one seems to notice or care much. <BR/><BR/>It's interesting how many women seem to think that they absolutely need makeup, though, and yet they think others look just fine without it. We just tend to inflict so much self-criticism. <BR/><BR/>Don't get me started on the weight issue. It's so frustrating how overweight people are both so invisible in our society and yet so mistreated at the same time. Thanks for commenting!Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772379845428202751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504469498403243043.post-87882615381471689362007-05-14T18:45:00.000-04:002007-05-14T18:45:00.000-04:00I almost never wear makeup. Nobody seems to notic...I almost never wear makeup. Nobody seems to notice, let alone mind. Of course, that may be because I'm fat, so I don't count anyway...Kate217https://www.blogger.com/profile/06715848742735302734noreply@blogger.com