“I am not wearing makeup because I decided my monolid is beautiful and despite what Disney cartoons have led you to believe, you don’t need long eyelashes to be a woman.”— Carolyn A. García, afropunk.comTagged: beauty, Love Yourself, Body Image, Consumerism, Make Up
“Catholicism and other Christian religions are yet another weapon against indigeneity by the European colonizers, and that the myth of purity is bullshit. Women do not belong to men nor to god.”— Carolyn A. García, afropunk.comTagged: Christianity, Catholicism, Religion, Colonialism, WOC
“Religious ‘modesty’ can go f*ck itself.”— Carolyn A. García, afropunk.comTagged: Modesty, Christian, Catholic, Religion
“Makeup is an oppressive tool that seeks to hide us women, to belittle us and force us to compete with one another.”— Carolyn A. García, afropunk.comTagged: Consumerism, Beauty Industry, Fashion Industry, Make Up, Capitalism
“My self loathing was a result of centuries of European and American colonization on my people.”— Carolyn A. García, afropunk.comTagged: Colonial Mentality, Colonialism, beauty, Beauty Industry
“Loving yourself as a brown woman is radical.”— Carolyn A. García, afropunk.comTagged: Brown Girl Magic, WOC, Girl Power, Colonial Mentality