Content creators are getting candid about how a patriarchal society views beauty as directly correlated to one’s social currency. On May 19, Portland, Ore.-based creator Brown (@brown19170) spoke ...

Black women's beauty and fashion are complex, meaningful acts, deliberate strategies for engaging with the world that make bold statements about identity, political resistance and empowerment, Black ...

For years, Black women have been recognized as trendsetters, but Black female ingenuity dates back centuries. We can thank Black women for a number of things: Their leadership in a plethora of ...

The topic of women's beauty standards has been talked about for centuries. And as women entered the workforce, gendered social control increased regulations on what a woman should wear, how she should ...

A new study shows how millennial women dress in intracultural beauty standards outside of work and Eurocentric standards when at work. A new study is digging into the beauty standards of millennial ...

Black women have long been at the forefront of setting beauty trends and redefining beauty standards. Despite often being excluded from mainstream beauty narratives, Black women have spent and ...

Recent research has uncovered concerning evidence about beauty products marketed to Black women. These products contain toxic chemicals called parabens that may contribute to an increased risk of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tiana Randall is a writer whose work intersects style and sports. For decades, women’s sports were relegated to the back, not ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, in their latest trampling of women's rights, have ordered the closure of beauty salons across the nation, eliminating one of the last means Afghan women had of earning ...

Since returning to power nearly two years ago, the Taliban have resumed pushing women and girls out of public life. The Taliban now say they're shutting down women's beauty salons. Since returning to ...

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban are banning women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Tuesday. It's the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following ...

In a recent study, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sociology professor Brittney Miles explored the ways in which Black women’s beauty is connected to their social and political experiences.