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The Glow-up: The Currency of Beauty


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This week we discuss:
what we mean by beauty as a currency, 
whether or not beauty is in the eye of the colonizer,
the place of beauty in feminism,
and what part beauty plays in globalization, industrialization, and capital. 
Yes, it’s a lot to cover. But don’t worry we got you! 😉
 
 Sources Mentioned: 
✈  Is Beauty In The Eyes Of The Colonizer?
✈ Beauty is in the eye of patriarchy, capital, and the colonizer
✈ Globalization and Beauty: A Historical and Firm Perspective*
✈ Beauty as Capital w/ Kimberly Foster
✈ TeenVogue Article
✈ The Beauty Trade: Youth, Gender, and Fashion Globalization (Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations) ~ McCracken, Angela B.
Music Mentioned:
♫ Jazmine Sullivan - Mascara
♫ TLC - Unpretty
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