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In most instances, the perfect body was the opposite of the shape of a Black woman. The Black woman’s curvaceous body was defined as obese or masculine. Black women were presented as “Mammie” types, unattractive, overweight, and unfit for anything more than physical labor or wearing a handkerchief and smiling on a pancake box. Exaggerated ...
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Of course, Black women’s bodies vary; there is no monolithic — nor ideal — type. Nonetheless, there is a strong legacy of the curvaceous ideal, more so than in other races. It persists to ...
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In this op-ed, Nairobi Williese Barnes explains why she made a video to share Black women's stories about body discrimination. Ever since I was a little girl, I was self-conscious of my Black ...
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Black women have always faced immense pressure to make their bodies look a certain way. But if done the "wrong way," achieving that idealized figure can lead to just as much scrutiny and critique.
