I used to be a non-makeup wearing, non-physical fitness caring kind of feminist. And most of the time I felt like I was putting myself, and allowing others to put me in a box where intelligence and strong opinions= not caring about fashion and beauty and self-presentation. I have since moved countries and cultures and…

Yes, she is still advertising makeup but this isn’t her first engagement with it. She’s talked about the power of makeup at a University graduation, about the power of intelligent women being hot, about feminism and femininity not requiring to be incompatible, etc plenty before this ad and beauty campaign. She’s…

I think we underestimate how much women judge other women: and this includes feminists who judge women who want to present themselves as feminine. I have been on both sides of this vicious, self-fulfilling cycle, and everytime I am told that wearing makeup to a social sciences conference where I am presenting, means I…