“Prejudices pit us against one another... One reason women compete so fiercely in the workplace is that it seems as if only a few positions are open to us. That’s not a too-many-women problem, it’s a too-few-slots-because-of-gender-and-racial-bias problem.”— Ashton Applewhite, nytimes.comTagged: racism, Sexism, Prejudice, Internalized Misogyny, Women and Girls
“Society’s obsession with the way women look is less about beauty than about obedience to a punishing external standard — and power. When women compete to ‘stay young,’ we collude in our own disempowerment. When we rank other women by age, we reinforce ageism, sexism, lookism and patriarchy. What els…”— Ashton Applewhite, nytimes.comTagged: Women Of Color, Beauty Industry, beauty, Fashion, Ageism
“One thing we can all agree on, though? Aging is harder for women. We bear the brunt of the equation of beauty with youth and youth with power — the double-whammy of ageism and sexism. How do we cope? We splurge on anti-aging products. We fudge or lie about our age. We diet, we exercise, we get plump…”— Ashton Applewhite, nytimes.comTagged: Beauty Industry, Fashion, beauty, Sexism, Ageism