Dr. Rebecca Hains

Monthly Archives: July 2014


Girls, strength, and the beauty ideal: A beach conversation

My five-year-old son befriended an eleven-year-old girl at the beach last week. As they worked together to create a sand castle, her dad and I chatted about my work as a media studies professor and his work as a high school art…

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“Six Summer Beauty Tips” by Rebecca Hains

"Splash!" by Zakwitnij!pl Ejdzej & Iric. (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Fashion magazines love telling women that our bodies aren’t fit to be seen in public, unless we buy and use the beauty products they’re hawking. And in the summer months, when rising temperatures lead us to shed more clothing, their scrutiny intensifies, picking…

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