Such standards have pervaded cultures around the world, said Mihika Sridhar, a third-year microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics student and research director for BITF.

In the “Owning our Global Blackness: Black is the Beauty Standard” panel discussion, influencers from music, culture, and beauty discussed Black beauty, social media, and empowerment.

In the beginning, it states that “men’s beauty products have increased by more than 70% worldwide between 2012 and 2014,” and from there, it goes into the specifics.

In our world today beauty standards for women are high, almost unattainable to reach. Beauty standards are a part of women’s history, and women have always been put under pressure to look a ...

In her forthcoming book, “The New Beauty,” Molvar charts the evolution of beauty standards – and the forces that influenced them – from antiquity to present day.

Navigating beauty standards around the world as a black woman The definition of beauty changes constantly, and mostly in a way that doesn’t consider blackness in any meaningful way.

I stood in my closet after having my son, feeling defeated. My favorite size 8 jeans no longer fit, and as I made the switch to a size 14, nothing in my wardrobe felt like me anymore. I had ...

Years of research culminated in the recent publication of Menon’s book, “Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards” (University of California Press), which explores ...

Olympians and world champions reveal how they overcame body shamers while conquering their sport Decades of being ridiculed by body-shamers won't shake this once-in-a-lifetime athlete. Not even ...