chaestain: If you turn on the television and you are not represented there, you become invisible to
chaestain:If you turn on the television and you are not represented there, you become invisible to yourself. And there was very little of myself that I saw on TV, or in the movies that I was watching, or in magazines that were lying around in salons or the house. And so these are subconscious things. Yes, Western beauty standards are things that affect the entire world. And then what happens? You’re a society that doesn’t value darker skin. — Lupita Nyong'o for Elle UK -- source link