Twitter user @TheCarolDanvers recently uploaded a series of pictures to make a point about our crazy beauty standards.
Starting off with a picture of two India women – one a regular girl-next-door and the other of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – she correctly points out the fact that despite both of them being Indian, we will only consider one of them beautiful. And no points for guessing which one takes the prize.
both of these women are indian but you can bet which person the media will focus on more pic.twitter.com/A1NHXrXb7y
— ˗ˏˋ blige ˎˊ˗ (@THECAROLDANVERS) November 8, 2015
She also uploaded similar pictures from Brazil, Somalia and Malaysia, all of which have an exaggerated sense of beauty. The global problem that we face of crazy standards of beauty across the world is also highlighted in the pictures she tweeted about make up companies having a multitude of options for women with fair skin but hardly anything for women with darker skin tones.
like these women are both malaysian but you can bet which person the media will focus on more pic.twitter.com/zqaiadqfqK
— ˗ˏˋ blige ˎˊ˗ (@THECAROLDANVERS) November 8, 2015
She also put up fairness cream ads endorsed by our B-town celebrities that thrive on the fact that fair skin = beautiful skin and a successful life.
you also have this same problem problem in east asian communities too with slogans as “white perfect” pic.twitter.com/Iw5ItxmZkK
— ˗ˏˋ blige ˎˊ˗ (@THECAROLDANVERS) November 8, 2015
It’s heartening to see her posts go viral. Some of the stories shared by people below her post go on to show that we as a society are fast moving away from the traditional norms of beauty. Fair skin is no longer our obsession and hopefully this change will make the SRKs and Deepika Padukones of the industry sit up and stop promoting a fake definition of beauty.
seeing things like this is no suprise as the media feed us this self-hatred, just note how whitewashed poc are pic.twitter.com/K0TqJqudHO
— ˗ˏˋ blige ˎˊ˗ (@THECAROLDANVERS) November 8, 2015
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