If prostitution is happening at nail salons, I want us to help those women and girls get out. But along the way, I want to talk about ways that job exploits the women (and some men) who perform it in far more subtle and insidious ways. And I want us to stop blaming the victims and to stop talking smack about Asian nail salons in general. Enough already.
Entries Tagged as ‘Beauty Schooled’
July 27, 2010
[Beauty Overheard] You Can Wear a Bikini Even If You’re Old.
For an example of someone actually rocking her bikini with all the right attitude, check out the wonderful Samantha over at Bikini Birthday, a blog she started a year ago to help her reach her goal of wearing a bikini in public for the first time ever on her 25th birthday. And today, she did it!
July 26, 2010
[Last Ten Weeks] Graduation Date is More Conceptual Than I Would Like.
So remember how last week, I told you that I was down to my last 18 nights at Beauty U? Then I went to school and Miss Susan told us that we forgot to count snow days. Which Beauty U “doesn’t hold against you,” (as in, charge you extra money for) but does require you [...]
July 23, 2010
And One Last Video Before The Weekend. (Thus, Ending Your Week on the Weirdest Note Ever.)
Jezebel found this super creepy weight loss ad from New Zealand, which I am posting here for your viewing pleasure/despair.
July 23, 2010
[Beauty Overheard] From the Department of Celebrities Say the Darndest Things
Christy Turlington thinks modeling is so over-rated, plus more on the Story of Cosmetics and the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010.
July 21, 2010
Another Video for You. It’s Like Substitute Teacher Week Around Here.
The Story of Cosmetics video by Annie Leonard and the team from the Story of Stuff. It’s cool. You should watch it.
July 20, 2010
Okay, Newsweek. Let’s Talk About This.
My take on Newsweek’s Beauty Advantage package, and why telling women to either love Botox or hate it is really telling us to hate each other.
July 19, 2010
Pretty Price Check (07.19.10)
The Pretty Price Check: Your Friday round-up of how much we paid for beauty this week. First up! Thank you to the lovely commenter over on this Sociological Images post, for giving Beauty Schooled a big shout-out — and hi to all of you new folk who have traveled over from there! If you’re looking [...]
July 15, 2010
[Tip Jar] In Which You Discuss Amongst Yourselves.
There are a lot of Tip Jar stories that I haven’t told you, either because they seem kind of run of the mill (yet another European facial on yet another middle-aged lady for yet another $5 tip) or because I’m just not quite sure how to explain the encounter or what conclusion we can draw. I’m solving all these problems by giving you this (not at all chronological) list of some of the latest, with the salient facts, but not much else. It’s like Choose Your Own Adventure day, only you can Draw Your Own Conclusions instead.
July 14, 2010
Spa Work is not Sex Work. But Some People Are Confused About That.
The Al Gore/massage therapist sex scandal was a reminder that spa workers deal with this kind of crap every day. And nobody has any idea what to do about it.
