self-image – Confluence

Gazes on Black Hair and Beauty

by Shatima JonesPosted on February 7, 2021February 5, 2021

The second installment of "A Seat at Our Table," featuring “Modeling Race” by Netanya Ronn, “Redefining Black Beauty” by Tatyana Tandanpolie, “Blackness and Colorism in Kenya Barris’s Productions” by Britney Agyen, “Pelo Bueno/Pelo Malo” by Melany Canela, and “White Parents, Black Hair" by Rachel Goulston.

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Pelo Bueno/Pelo Malo

by Melany CanelaPosted on February 7, 2021February 5, 2021

Attitudes Concerning the Natural Hair-Care Movement in the Dominican Republic

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Black Children, as Told to Them by the TV Screen

by Kaylee WarrenPosted on April 6, 2020August 23, 2023

How does the lack of equal and unbiased representation in television marketed for children affect their sense of self and self-worth?

Interdisciplinary SeminarResearchChildhood colorism identity media pop culture race representation self-image subjectivity television

Your Personal Brand

by Shanti Escalante-De MatteiPosted on December 11, 2018April 6, 2021

"Why does it feel so false to try to cultivate a unified representation of your person?"

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My Colorful Nana Project

by Lauren Stockmon BrownPosted on October 15, 2018December 1, 2020

"A couple of months ago, I was digging through my nana’s photo collection . . . I found this beat up, stained, and wrinkled picture of this most powerful and gloriously bright women that looked familiar and yet distant to my memories . . . She was a piece of me that I am and a part of me that I wish to become. "

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