All Blog Posts Tagged 'lookism' (6)

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It's our inner beauty that counts?

If there is one belief that I would really like to see us alopecian challenge, is when we start referring to our inner beauty as if our outer beauty couldn’t exist anymore.



I think that the thing that brings me the most joy is when an alopecian can truly start to see their beauty again. But, over and over again, I see us making comments like, “it’s our inner beauty, not our outer beauty that counts”, as if we have forfeit our rights to be beautiful the moment we lost our…

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Added by Cheryl, Co-founder on October 5, 2011 at 2:00am — 17 Comments

When hair loss is not the problem

Cheryl Carvery I recently read an article that describes alopecia as "a cruel disease that leaves men and women feeling ashamed" as a result of losing their hair.

It was an article about Helen King, a wife and mother of two who has alopecia universalis, which means she has lost all the hair on her body. This happened to her after she had several bouts with alopecia areata, which is the loss of head…

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Added by rj, Co-founder on October 3, 2008 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Deconstruct your beauty norms

"Beauty must be defined as what we are, or else the concept itself is our enemy."

Beauty must be defined as what we are, or else the concept itself is our enemy Deconstruct your beauty norms

Take a stand against lookism (unfair appearance-based…

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Added by rj, Co-founder on September 15, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Is it true?


But we know, of course, that lookism and other forms of appearance-based discrimination is no joke. Therefore, how do you think you can take a stand against the scourge?

Added by rj, Co-founder on September 6, 2008 at 8:41am — 2 Comments

A message for you shallow people

Added by rj, Co-founder on March 19, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

The beauty myth (Video)

Added by rj, Co-founder on March 11, 2008 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

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