The New Media Diva

No comment: CNN T-shirts

I’m not saying a word about this because it may ruin my chances to become Andernetta Cooper.:-) I’ll just describe it: Apparently CNN has a new feature I’ve just noticed on its website: selling t-shirts with story headlines. Look at the screenshot below. You’ll there’s a little t-shirt icon next to the headline “Boy gets [...]

Western beauty institutions and modern Africa

Social critics have been decrying for years the hegemony of the Western or European conception of beauty and the detrimental affects this narrow standard has had on people around the world who do not match this ideal. One region which has suffered greatly from this “othering” is Africa. From the width of the nose to [...]