commentary on beauty & augmentation, even if meant to empower women of color, are chauvinistic when the "why?" is ignored. Both cases attempt to justify degradation of women who deviate from their natural appearance, despite the marginalization that lead to a need* for conformity
comparing the (perhaps) unintentional misogyny implicated by Jospeh Asagai's casual criticism toward Bethena's euro-centered hair style in #ARaisinInTheSun to Phife Dawg's verses about woman who alter natural appearances in Butter by #ATribeCalledQuest
but both disregard the oppressive circumstances under which Black women & other women of color face in an american society with such rigid standards of beauty, espically regarding hair, and the factors that lead to the decision of how to style ones own physical appearance.
we can have another conversation about students writing their emails in the same format as their texts suggests trust & authenticity while also dismantels the institution of professionalism... this could be a good thing! #literacy#multipleliteracies#teachinginapandemic#genz
I frequently get emails or remind messages from students that read like text messages, and there is a sense of frustration when replies & upsates do not come as quickly as a text would