Toxic Beauty (2019): Facing Facts About the Beauty Industry
Have you ever thought about what ingredients are in the beauty products you use every day? The deodorant that is meant to make you smell sweet, or the lotion that …
Beauty and Grooming
TACSU Talks: Black Bodies and Black Culture in North America
2018 is slowly coming to a close and winter is encroaching. So much has happened in this quickly diminishing year, but that does not mean the conversations that began are …
Editorial: Colonial residue and beauty standards in Pakistan
As a Pakistani-born Canadian, I often think about race politics and colonization. Black Heritage Month examines these topics and allows me to reflect on my “browness” and what that means. …
The Price of Beauty
Co-Written by Holly-Ann Haines, Jessica Haines and Michelle Wynne Cosmetics have had a long history of being seen as an essential element of beauty. Engrained into our minds by the …
TACSU Talks Black Hair Culture, Black History Month
When we think of Black History we tend to think of Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X—the ‘celebrities’ of the human rights struggle. But Black History and culture …
Natural Beauty: No Make-up October
Marilyn Monroe once said, “All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren’t.” While spoken with virtuous intent, this quotation no less begs the question: what …