Bona Fide Beauty!!!

My friend, Ariana Bentz, is coordinating this event that everyone should and will attend.

Here is what she has to say about it:

Press Release:

Research with beauty pageant contestants in a methods course drove home the realization that our society is concerned with what women look like physically, but focuses very little attention on what they can accomplish. Accordingly, many women measure their self worth through their outward appearance, which is often inspired, and measured against, images in the media. For my senior project in anthropology, I decided to try to do something about this.

Bona fide Beauty is a salute to real female beauty. Friday, April 2nd from 12 - 5 p.m. in the LA Concourse a series of activities will be offered devoted to raising awareness of the exploitation of female beauty for profit. The goal is to erase the beauty myth, where companies profit from the objectification of women, to reject expectations of physical beauty that place women in smaller and smaller boxes, and to show off our Bona fide Beauty instead. Activities will include an open mic to share thoughts on what defines real beauty, a day without make-up, recycling of fashion magazines, exploring the mysteries of PhotoShop with regard to the altering of women's images, and an opportunity to clothe an image of a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Please join us for a stimulating afternoon.