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Gender Block: Makeup as a feminist act

Discussing women's lose-lose battle with cosmetics

Hillary Di Menna

Fifteen years ago some guy friends of mine—friends in the sense that I lived in a suburb so anyone my age was my friend by default—removed my makeup from my purse and threw it out. They ignored my asking them to stop and mansplained about how makeup is oppressive to women. So, just to be clear: […] More »