Tags archives: representation

Beauty vs Intelligence - Mutually Exclusive?

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The unwritten rules on what it means to be a woman are ever-evolving, and creating walls between us – between women and women, and women and men. The walls went up quietly at first but they are becoming more intrusive. At the heart of the stirring is this: Which is more important? Beauty or intelligence – and should we be referring to beauty at all. Th[...]

Guest Post: A Media Manifesto

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It seems like everywhere I go, there’s some form of media telling me something about women. Whether it’s the larger-than-life posters of Victoria’s Secret models smiling down at me as I walk through the mall, the lyrics to music that comes on my radio driving home from school, or the magazine covers on display at the supermarket, I am constantly being told w[...]