Like many Muslim women, they fear their professional identity may be distorted by the hijab and the presumptions people have about it. (Qureshi, 2013b).
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But now the film star Nandita Das has taken a stance against the craze and given her support to the Dark is Beautiful campaign which challenges the belief that success and beauty are determined by skin colour. "I want people to be comfortable in their own skin and realise that there is more to life than skin colour," she says, adding that an Indian paper had written "about my support for the campaign and then lightened the photo of me that went alongside it". (Rajesh, 2013). http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2013/aug/14/indias-dark-obsession-fair-skin
The 40s trend began with fashion. "There's always been an underground vintage movement," Angel Adoree tells me over the phone. An early adopter, she started by selling clothes, and then moved into events, design and styling. "It used to be people who lived and breathed it but it's mass market now. It can be slightly annoying, especially when it's done badly, but I've had to embrace it." (Adoree in Linksey, 2013). BODY IMAGE FICTION QUOTES - Jacqueline Wilson on body size, not eating and dressing like 'a tart'13/8/2013 I wish I was made out of plasticine. Then I'd roll myself out, long and very very thin. I'd stretch my stubby fingers into elegant manicured hands, I'd narrow my neck and my ankles, I'd scrape huge great chunks off my bottom, I'd pull of all my brown wiry hair and make myself a new long blond hairstyle … (Wilson, 1998, p.14). Wilson said the reason for the success was the cheerfulness of the brand and its popularity with women. Although she could have stayed in the UK and become a barrister, she now plans to work as a lawyer in the fashion industry – she starts an apparel industry management course in the autumn, while studying for the multistate bar exams. (Saner, 2013). But somehow men leave the heavy lifting against gender bias and gender hatred to women. The most charitable explanation is that men worry they cannot speak about this subject authentically, that their perspective is of less value than a woman's. Others fret they'll get it wrong, that they'll inadvertently say something that is itself sexist, thereby revealing that they too don't "get it" – so it's safer to say nothing. The diffidence of the men who took part in last week's #twittersilence was striking, several indicating that they were only "sort of" taking part. And I think about how much of what girls do is about making themselves smaller. Wanting to suck their waists in and be thin. To not have said so much in public, with such an impact. To be like Hello Kitty – all smile, no mouth. I remember well the years from 12 to 14, where I learned to step back from the tests, step back from my brains, because girls weren't meant to initiate. Girls were meant to follow the boys, and I adored those funny boys. Who so often took our jokes and said them a little bit louder. (Heawood, 2013a). There is little point in trying to legislate against what young people wear, though – heaven knows – many have tried. (Freeman, 2013e). The look: if Folk could sell beards, it probably would. This look is about facial hair, shaggy curls and comes with a pinch of tragic poet. The clothes have a traditional flavour – with cardigans and Proper Jackets popular – but it's brought up to date with vivid colour and sporty details. Cool young fogey sums it up, in the nicest possible way. |
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