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Oct 27, 2022 4 min

Is wearing makeup creative self-expression or a social demand?

from RadioActive Hosted by Najuma Abadir

If you wear makeup, you've likely gotten mixed messages about the right way to wear it, or if it's OK to wear it at all. People of all ages and genders wear makeup. But RadioActive's Najuma Abadir was especially interested in how conflicting messages around makeup can affect young women like her. Episode webpage: https://www.kuow.org/stories/make-up-creative-self-expression-or-social-demand RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW's radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing. Find new episodes of the RadioActive podcast right here every Thursday for the rest of 2022.

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If you wear makeup, you've likely gotten mixed messages about the right way to wear it, or if it's OK to wear it at all. People of all ages and genders wear makeup. But RadioActive's Najuma Abadir was especially interested in how conflicting messages around makeup can affect young women like her.

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