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Topic: beauty standards

Demi Moore attends a special screening and Q&A for "The Substance", presented by MUBI, at The Curzon Mayfair on September 25, 2024, in London, England. (Dave Benett/Getty Images for MUBI)

What makes "The Substance" so terrifying

Gabriella Ferrigine
Woman with a pink dress and turquoise heels (Getty Images/YuriF)

"You don't look like an artist"

Jenny Irish
Actress/author Megan Fox reads poetry from her book "Pretty Boys are Poisonous" at Racket NYC. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Megan Fox opens up about plastic surgery

Nardos Haile
Woman bathing in a hot spring (Getty Images/Jesus Sierra)

Naked with strangers, finally unafraid

Avni Shah
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Which Is The Weightier? (Artist John Doyle/The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

The cultural relativity of beauty

Matthew Rozsa
Shaving razors behind caution tape (Getty Images/Ekaterina Morozova)

Let's celebrate the art of the glow-down

Jesmeen Kaur Deo
Razor on a sunrise (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

I shaved my legs like I found love

Kendra Jo
Razor on a sunrise (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

I shaved my legs like I found love

Kendra Jo
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Dancers (Getty Images)

The last time I danced

Rachel Leah
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Feeling naked and exposed on Yom Kippur

Lisa Tognola
(Getty Images/ Salon)

"You want a rich lady mouth"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst, Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin, Miss Teen USA 2019 Kaliegh Garris (AP/Noah K. Murray/YouTube/Miss USA)

Why black pageant queens matter

D. Watkins
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Lena Headey (Getty/Suzi Pratt)

Lena Headey to troll: "Go f**k yourself"

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
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When women stop coloring their gray hair

Amy Gesenhues
Joy Nash as Plum Kettle on "Dietland" (Patrick Harbron/AMC)

We all live in "Dietland"

Melanie McFarland
Nina Collins (Elena Seibert)

When women age without apology

Lauren Schiller
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Dressing modestly for feminism and faith

Lauren Shields
(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Beyond #MeToo: Brazilian women rise up

Alvaro Jarrin, Kia Lilly Caldwell - The Conversation
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A cosmology of cosmetology

Heather Siegel
(Getty Images/istockphoto)

Moms, girls, beauty and brains

Alli Joseph
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A photo of the author. (Folke Lehr)

Disabling the male gaze

Emily Sullivan Sanford
Alicia Keys; Kim Kardashian (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz/Mario Anzuoni/Photo montage by Salon)

Calm down about a bare face

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Jennifer Aniston (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni)

Aniston indicts tabloid gossip

Erin Coulehan
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York, November 13, 2013. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Body confidence hits low point

Erin Coulehan
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