https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq How does social medias view on different skin colors affect the beauty standard and confidence among black women? en-us 2021-10-18 14:02:13 UTC 2025-11-14 22:12:10 UTC hello@padlet.com 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1824270021 Hi I'm Sydney, I am 17 and I am the youngest in my family. I really like to do hair especially curly hair, and I really like movies, especially romance movies. My favorite animal is a dog and I am Puerto Rican and African American. I am taking sociology because I want to get a better understanding of why things happen, more specifically why things that happened to me and my family happen. For instance, I have been called the n- word or have been told I am pretty but I am too black, or how my mama and papa both have accents due to Spanish being their first language ad get dirty looks or people saying stuff about them. ]]> 2021-10-18 14:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1824270021 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1824274750 The question I am thinking about is "How does social medias view on different skin colors affect the beauty standard and confidence among women of color?" I am interested in this topic because I am a women of color and have experienced insecurities due to the beauty standard rarely being girls that look like me, but I have also been on the other side where I have been told I am lucky because my skin is light or my curls aren't as kinky. 

]]> 2021-10-18 14:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1824274750 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1870135629 This source is a study that shows the beauty and body image concerns found in African American college students. I feel like studying on college students was a good idea because college students can express the issues they have, and those issues developed as they got older and will stay with them as they get older and experience more and more. This source relates to my topic because my topic is how societies view on different skin colors affects women of color and the article talks about a group of women of color and there beauty and body image concerns.

-According to Black feminist theory, the devaluation of US Black women is rooted the institution of American slavery. Black women’s bodies were routinely violated for others profit and pleasure without recourse or protection.
-Black women were viewed as hypersexual Jezebels (or Sapphires) deserving of sexual exploitation or as breeder women lawfully usable for populating owner’s plantations with new slave stock or for the generation revenues.
-In the past and still today, Black women’s bodies and beauty have largely been devalued and rejected by mainstream culture, which overvalues the European aesthetic and undervalues the esthetic of other racial/ethnic group with of exception of exoticizing them 
-The U.S. puts a premium on “fair” white skin, blue eyes and straight, long, blond hair and considers these features the epitome of beauty. Features more akin to the African esthetic are deemed ugly, undesirable and less feminine. The notion that Black women are less attractive is a message that is transmitted daily and from multiple external forces or social institutions
-When compared with White women, findings show that African American women reported lower levels of body image dissatisfaction, maintain a more favorable view of larger body sizes, have less concerns about dieting, weight fluctuations, and fear of fatness, and are less likely to internalize sociocultural standards of beauty . Furthermore, Falconer and Neville (2000) found that African American women with bigger body sizes were more likely to be satisfied with specific body areas. Fewer studies report negative body satisfaction among African American women. ]]> 2021-11-05 14:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1870135629 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1902396542 This article is about how the beauty standards impact women in general, and even thought this article is not targeted for/at women of color, these beauty standards still very much impact them. 

-They are expected to be hairless all over their body, have to be slim with no tummy but a big 🤬, smell like daisies and roses all the time, not have regular bodily fluids and gases, and be an all-around perfect Barbie.
-Having a normalized yet extraordinary societal implication drilled into you as soon as you are out of the womb is and can be mentally and physically draining.
-Social media, magazines, newspapers, and even televisions tend to push high and barely achievable standards.
-You must look a certain way for society to at least acknowledge your “beauty” even when you have tried to mold yourself to please them. Even then there is always criticism behind it all. Women have to be slim but not too slim, thick but not too thick to where you have a tummy. Women can wear makeup but not too much because it would look like we are trying too hard. We can show skin but not too much because we would get shamed. It is considered weird or impolite for a woman to even have bodily gases.
-Imagine being taught from a young age you need to change as soon as you pop out to fit what other images of you are. That could easily make your self-esteem plummet exponentially. It teaches you to hate normal things on your body like hair, stretch marks, acne, discoloration, and other natural things everyone has. These insane depictions of how you should look could easily cause body dysmorphia and low confidence especially for someone that is never taught to love who they are from the beginning.

The article relates to my topic because I talk about how social medias view on beauty standards affects confidence in WOC, and this article highlights the affects these beauty standards have. ]]> 2021-11-19 15:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1902396542 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1902401239 This article shows pictures and has descriptions of the beauty standards throughout the years. This source is more just for pictures and descriptions of beauty standards throughout the years, so there is no important quotes for this source. This source relates to my topic because the beauty standard very much stems from social media, therefore the beauty standards depicted in this article rarely being features women of color mainly have can have a lot of impact on their self esteem and confidence. ]]> 2021-11-19 15:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1902401239 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1902417387 This article talks about how the products women of color use are a lot more toxic and contain a lot more chemicals then the products white women use. It also talks about how harmful the exposure to all of these products are to women of color. This relates to my topic because a lot of women of color use these products to help them look there best to people in society that have been their biggest criticizers.

-Studies suggest that the average white American woman exposes herself to 168 personal care chemicals a day, seven days a week. If that sounds like a lot, researchers in a commentary released today in the journal American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology suggest that the cumulative toxic burden for American women of color is even higher.
-As bad as exposure risks are for white Americans, Zota found that exposure for women of color is even worse—likely because of pressures to conform to beauty standards based on more European characteristics.
-lighter skin and straighter, less coiled hair—are much more dangerous to achieve. To do so, women of color must expose themselves to an additional battery of chemicals that white women do not. The end result is that women of color have higher levels of beauty-related environmental chemicals in their body, irrespective of socio-economic status
-The pressure for black women in particular to straighten their hair is immense. The “Good Hair Study” conducted earlier this year by the Perception Institute found that black women’s natural hair was rated as “less attractive” and “less professional” than when it was straightened.
-The alternative are chemical relaxers, which include compounds that affect reproductive pathways. In the quest for straight hair, children as young as four years old are exposed to chemical relaxers that studies have shown lead to early puberty, uterine fibroids, and an increased risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer. 

]]> 2021-11-19 16:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1902417387 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1902436927 This article is about how Madam C.J. walker invented her hair care products and the journey she personally went through with her hair. This article relates to my topic because it talks about the struggles women of color used to and still have to go through with the treatment of their hair. It talks about how much work goes into the treatment of black women's hair. 
-she was far from the only Black woman to experience hair loss at the time.
-many of the products used by Black women, such as a preparation made with ox marrow, likely damaged hair and scalps.
-they weren't experts on women's hair and scalp diseases, so she also tried out home remedies.
- though at the time few items were tailored to the curls and texture of Black women's hair.]]> 2021-11-19 16:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/1902436927 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2090703661 This podcast discussed how black women are continuously a source of hate and talked about a few women's specific stories whether they were in the spotlight or not they still managed to get attacked.
-An Amnesty International study in 2018 found that Black women are the most harassed group on Twitter. A recent report in The Washington Post showed that even though Facebook knew its algorithms were disproportionately harming black and minority users, the social media giant chose to do nothing.
-There are coordinated hate attacks on Meghan Markle who is one of the most prominent women of color in the world, and a lot of the people attacking her are middle ages white women and they coordinating these attacks directly to her.
-The person who conducted the study on harassment then also got harassed just for conducting the study. 
-A lady on the school board was a source of this social media hate. She spoke up about her Childs school mascot being wrong because it depicted a native American which then led to her getting hate. ]]> 2022-03-11 16:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2090703661 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2090704343 This article shows how expensive it is to have curly hair. This website has a hair care line for curly hair from a well known actress, Tracee Ellis Ross who is stars in Blackish. Her character on Blackish and in real life goes through a lot of different hairstyles but her hair curly hair is gorgeous and really stands out because not many actresses are comfortable or are allowed to have their natural hair while on set. However, her website highlights the struggle of having curly hair and the amount of money it takes to maintain curly hair. This relates to my topic because on social media the only black girls who get recognized are the ones who look super put together with this beautiful hair that people would die for, however this creates this need for black women to have this perfect hair that, in reality, is really hard to maintain is you do not have the time or money. ]]> 2022-03-11 16:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2090704343 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2090705004 This article highlights some specific struggles that black women face when being on social media and talks about how damaging social media can be towards black women. Not only does social media create this unrealistic image that black women struggle to achieve but it also creates this disrespect towards them that no one will defend. This relates to my topic because it describes specific issues that black women face when it comes to social media and how these issues affect black women and their confidence.
-"As the new era emerged, the constant exposure, online cliques, and “clout chasing” made some Black girls unhappy with their own lives and work, even if only momentarily."
-“It made me very self conscious and had me questioning my worth as an artist and overall person"
-"Mental and emotional health erosion aren’t the only pitfalls of social media and its rules, though; our bodies—and how we view them—are under attack, too."
-Entrepreneur Rita Bunatal shared her experiences with online abuse that stemmed from how she looked. “I was the weird, fat, black girl that liked punk music"
          -“I used to be so afraid to post full body shots, and now I could care less about negative comments.”
-In addition to cyberbullying because of our bodies, we also have to deal with white and racially ambiguous women who present themselves as Black online as if it were a removable aesthetic. Before bed, they take off their lashes, their gold hoops, and their Black.
- Wanna Thompson and Deja created a viral thread after they discovered that influencers were pretending to be Black to bolster their brand—and Black girls unapologetically explained how they felt about the blatant disrespect. Why? Because we don’t peel off our Blackness at night. We only alter our accent and slang to code switch for jobs that don’t deserve us, not for digital acclaim.
-“Everyone steals from us and won’t give credit where it’s due, then when we say something, we are deemed as sensitive or extra,” Deja said. This behavior teeters on gas lighting.
-This curated existence-experience sharing can breed natural feelings of jealousy and insecurity.

]]> 2022-03-11 16:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2090705004 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2090707763 This article talks about how black women, girls and femmes are way to often overlooked, and how not many people outside of them care for what happens to them. This relates to my topic because it shows how this mistreatment of black women, girls and femmes can lead to this feeling of unworthiness and this can then lead to insecurity and a low self confidence.
-There is, after all, ample evidence that much of the world does not have much concern for the well-being of Black women, girls and femmes
-Black women, girls and femmes have always looked out for each other.
-I said no one cared because I was angry that far too few people beyond other Black women and femmes care about our victimization or the energy we expend struggling against injustice.
-Black women and femmes keep developing radical ideas about social transformation, wrestling with the ways anti-Blackness manifests in areas such as the criminal justice system, health care, news media and popular culture, and tirelessly amplifying the experiences of Black women, girls and femmes.
-Our limited visibility as prominent architects of the burgeoning 2020 uprising and as victims of racial injustice feels all too familiar and has left me with disconcerting questions: What will it take for folks to not use our ideas and strategies without crediting us or centering injustices against us? Should Black women, girls and femmes give up on expecting anyone other than us to care? Is solidarity even a meaningful goal if folks continuously fail to cite our labor and center our marginalization?
-Black women in the late 19th century laid the groundwork for future generations of anti-🤬 activists.
          -the origins of anti-🤬 activism in the U.S., although largely attributed to feminist activists in the 1970s, date back more than 150 years. In 1866, a group of African-American women testified before Congress about being gang-raped by white men during the Memphis Riot. Despite compelling testimony, the perpetrators were not punished. After this pioneering moment in anti-🤬 activism, African-American women such as Fannie Barrier Williams and Ida B. Wells founded and participated in campaigns to end sexual violence against Black women and girls
-Many of the trailblazing African-American women who documented, analyzed and fought against sexual violence, however, became mere footnotes in the historical record of the enduring struggle to end sexual violence. This made it easier for folks in 2017 to overlook Tarana Burke, who founded the #MeToo movement in 2006, and to not identify Aishah Shahidah Simmons’ NO! The 🤬 Documentary as a germinal film about contemporary sexual violence. It was also unsurprising that the stories of primarily famous white women took centerstage in national debates. Black women’s work anchors anti-🤬 activism, and yet sexual violence against Black women, girls and femmes remains under-addressed within the mainstream anti-🤬 movement.
-History appears to be repeating itself as calls to #DefundThePolice intensify. This part of the current racial justice movement owes a tremendous debt to the grassroots organizing and scholarship of Black feminists and other feminists of color over the past few decades.
- Systems of policing currently allow people, from police officers to intimate partners, to harm Black women, girls and femmes with no accountability. 
-I don’t know how to convince people to care about the lives of Black women, femmes and girls like Taylor and Stone, but I do know that they’re not “no one” and neither are the Black women and femmes fighting for them.]]> 2022-03-11 16:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2090707763 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2090708489 This article talks about the harm social media does to black women. It talks about how people mistreat and discredit black women for their ideas. It also talks about how people use black women as joke for their punch line. All of this can cause a black women to feel unimportant and cause her lose self confidence. However, at the end it does give some tips on how to block those things out of life and ignore all of the hate and mistreatment.
-Research consistently shows the impact of intersectional oppression on the overall health of Black women. As a result of the competing forces of racism and sexism, Black women are more likely than their white and nonblack counterparts to experience major depressive and general anxiety disorders. 
-the assumption here was Meghan’s Black family is not sophisticated enough for royalty. Many found it hilarious how well Leslie Jones played into the tropes of a stereotypical Black woman who needs to be taught by white people how to behave. In a world where images of Black trauma are plentiful, it was amazing how many were amused by abusing a Black woman and no one—including the Black woman in the skit—thought to say otherwise.
-Recently, comedian Michael Blackson posted an Instagram video of him caressing a bikini clad white woman with Black women’s curves. His caption read: “My village might get mad but this is what Dr. Martin Luther King fought for.” 
-Black women don’t care that Black men date white women. We care that Black men use their affection toward white women to demean us. Blackson and any other Black man can parade every white woman they see in our faces; they just look dumb doing it.
-Nothing can get us riled up more than people declaring that single mothers are using child support to glow up, sex positive Black women are 🤬 and Black feminism is the downfall of our community. 
-We are always giving social media spaces our free labor and energy when those same spaces rarely pour back into us.
-The “funny” skits and Instagram posts poking at us aren’t going to stop but we don’t have to laugh at them. Fake deep and “woke” folk are always going to share their perspectives about Black women that are going to enrage us but we don’t always have to respond.
- This means I mute, unfollow and block ignorant and harmful accounts and hashtags. It means I don’t always engage in every trending topic I see. It also means I understand when it’s important to log off for the day and reset my spirit. This doesn’t mean I always get it right but it does mean that I recognize that I must take seriously how I engage in the digital space if I want to always be my best self.]]> 2022-03-11 16:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2090708489 1565670 https://padlet.com/1565670/nr67o1rk9behbnoq/wish/2144001223 find 5 more sources 
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