I was doing my daily blog/online mag cruising and I came across this article at Clutch. (which has become one of my favorite sites btw) A reader wrote in because she felt that dark skinned black women were underrepresented on the site. *eyeroll* While most commenters disagreed and said that they felt that Clutch was one of the few websites that do feature a wide variety of beauty. Meh...I could care less, I couldn't even tell you if they do or don't That's not really what I focus on when I read the articles there because I'm...well...reading the articles.
Anyway, aside from the whole color spectrum issue, I have been wondering for long time Why we as grown women need someone to constantly represent our specific type of beauty in order for us to feel valid? I mean , light, dark, thin, plus-sized, relaxed, natural. It's always such a big issue. In my opinion, it really doesn't matter. If YOU know you're beautiful, if YOU'RE confident and secure, why do you need someone to represent YOU? Why not represent yourself on a daily basis and stop highlighting separations?
Read the article (HERE)
So Question of the day:
Why do women need to see a constant representation of themselves in order to feel like their "type" of beauty is valid? And even deeper, If a publication featured only dark-skinned, women, only plus-sized women, or only natural women, do you think there would be any outrage, letter writing etc. from the other side?
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Obviously this woman is insecure hence the reason she is taking issue with seeing herself, or as she put it a dark skin woman pictured in a blog/magazine article. Any woman who needs to see themselves on any media outlet obviously has an identity issues that cannot be fixed by simply seeing themselves on a website. Now do not get me wrong I am an advocate of seeing women of color on runways, in magazines, on blogs, and throughout or within any public venue where they are needed. I actually think that designers and magazines are doing a MUCH BETTER job of it now more than ever. However I am also realistic and I do not base my self worth on whether or not a woman "looks like me" in a magazine. Being as though I am EXTREMELY FAIR and have what some would call "a certain look" I tend to try and stay away from these kinds of conversations because most time my opinion is overlooked. Which is fine. lol. But as a child and to this day I am made fun of at least once a day for the apparent translucent-ness of my skin and I honestly do not care. People say to me all the time "you need a tan" and I tell them "this is the way God made me so love it or leave me alone." But that used to not be my reaction so I get it, however I do not understand the need to take it out on an online magazine. I think that we as women place so much value on certain issues because this sometimes can be the objective of the media. Ultimately the reality is that acceptance starts from within and works it way outward. Therefore if you do not accept whatever look God gave you FIRST then you are going to take issue with something as trivial as not seeing an equal portrayal of women of various colors on a website. It is my suggestion that she look elsewhere. Just sayin.
Exactly! This one commenter is COMING FOR ME in the comments section, she said that my opinion is a "cop-out" and "dismissive" w/e I knew I wasn't the only person that felt like it was a self-esteem issue. And just like people telling you that you need a tan, don't you dare EVER suggest that someone is too dark, because that would be the end of the world. Why is that acceptable? Are you not still black?
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