Lupita Nyong’o Speaks Out About Beauty Standards And Media Representation“I remember a time when I t
Lupita Nyong’o Speaks Out About Beauty Standards And Media Representation“I remember a time when I too felt unbeautiful. I put on the TV and only saw pale skin, I got teased and taunted about my night-shaded skin. And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned. The morning would come and I would be so excited about seeing my new skin that I would refuse to look down at myself until I was in front of a mirror because I wanted to see my fair face first. And every day I experienced the same disappointment of being just as dark as I had been the day before.Nyong’o explained that seeing images of supermodel Alek Wek was a turning point for her. “Even Oprah called her beautiful,” she said, “and that made it a fact.” By witnessing media that portrayed beauty as something other than blond, white, and pale, Nyong’o came to realize that “beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be.”And so I hope that my presence on your screens and in the magazines may lead you, young girl, on a similar journey. That you will feel the validation of your external beauty but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside. There is no shade to that beauty.”Read the full piece hereMore Lupita Nyong’o posts on Profeminist -- source link
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