Turning beauty standards upside-down. Image by Flickr user Ray Dehler. The author, Julie Strupp, is a francophone American writer living in Togo, West Africa. She’s currently serving as a gender…
Love or Loathe- Sunbathing: do you bask to become bronzed or bathe in the beauty of your natural skin tone?
For many of us, spring has sprung and our thoughts are already beginning to turn to summer and the al fresco activities we love to indulge in. Some of your…
Love or Loathe: Binning your beauty regime when travelling
Swapping your perfume for mosquito spray and your lipstick for sun-protecting balm can be a liberating prospect for some female travellers, while for others the thought of facing the world…
The Delicate Art of Cutting Hair
I once had a linguistics professor who told our class “The two jobs that can get you anywhere in the world are teaching English, and cutting hair.” While I have…
The Push to Be White
I faced the camera with the air of someone awaiting a root canal. Always preferring to be behind the lens rather than in front of it, and liking to capture…
Pride and Pageantry, Colombia
Miss Sea Party, Miss Panela (Sugarcane), Miss Fish Season, Miss Potato, Miss Coffee Farmer, Miss Good Shepherd… these are just a few beauty pageants you could attend if visiting Colombia….
He Says My Beard is Sexy
Being of Portuguese descent, I have more facial hair than I am often comfortable revealing. I often shave my “beard”, “mustache” and “sideburns” to appear more normal in the United…
Nails
My step aunt Kristina gave me the best advice that I had been given in a long time. Before leaving for Haiti, she told me to pick out some good…