EPISODE · May 19, 2025 · 28 MIN
Can you call cosmetic procedures 'feminist'? dissecting filler, Botox, + beauty standards
from Taboo on the Bus · host Whatzaraloves
Join me to dissect and discuss whether filler, Botox, and aesthetic cosmetic procedures can be considered 'feminist'? While it may empower you, and be your choice, can we call that feminist when it is largely rooted in upholding harmful beauty standards? I take a look down the lense of gender, class, and race to dissect this question, referencing the works of Dana Berkowitz and Margaret Hunter. Let me know your thoughts… Again, clarifying that this is not an individual attack on individuals who get these procedures. It is an unpack of the wider system these are part of and the standards/expectations of women that they ultimately uphold. instagram: whatzaralovestiktok: whatzaraloves6show: Taboo on the BusEmail me: [email protected]:https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2016/12/30/botox-gender-and-the-emotional-lobotomy/https://jpanafrican.org/docs/vol4no4/HUNTER%20Final.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/audio/2016/oct/15/when-womens-rights-meet-botox-what-would-a-feminist-do
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Join me to dissect and discuss whether filler, Botox, and aesthetic cosmetic procedures can be considered 'feminist'? While it may empower you, and be your choice, can we call that feminist when it is largely rooted in upholding harmful beauty standards? I take a look down the lense of gender, class, and race to dissect this question, referencing the works of Dana Berkowitz and Margaret Hunter. Let me know your thoughts… Again, clarifying that this is not an individual attack on individuals who get these procedures. It is an unpack of the wider system these are part of and the standards/expectations of women that they ultimately uphold. instagram: whatzaralovestiktok: whatzaraloves6show: Taboo on the BusEmail me: [email protected]:https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2016/12/30/botox-gender-and-the-emotional-lobotomy/https://jpanafrican.org/docs/vol4no4/HUNTER%20Final.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/audio/2016/oct/15/when-womens-rights-meet-botox-what-would-a-feminist-do
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