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September/October 2023 / Society

My Guilty Pleasure: The All-Consuming, Shimmering World of Skinfluencers

September 14, 2023December 21, 2023 - by Mona Awad

I felt giddy whenever I burned my face with a cultish acid

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Society

Pretty Privilege at Work

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 - by Ashlynn Chand

How workplace beauty norms affect women’s lives on—and off—the clock

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Society

What Happened to Your Face? A Meditation on the Pandemic Beard

April 6, 2022June 5, 2022 - by Sean Wetselaar

Status symbol, face warmer, or sign of disrepute? Facial hair trends often change alongside historical events

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Business

Makeup and Money: The Persuasive Pull of Beauty Influencers

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 - by Daphné B

In the world of big cosmetics companies, authenticity has become a currency

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Society

What’s Beyond the Surface of Our Skin Care Obsession?

May 25, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Ariella Garmaise

I thought I was obsessed with skin care. I really wanted another chance at a lost year

Society

Will Beauty Change When the World Comes Back?

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 - by Amanda Scriver

Prepandemic, there was always pressure to dress a certain way. But, after months of isolation, looking good may have new meanings

Society

The Decade in Us

December 24, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From building a life without kids to why shared work offices are the worst, these are the conversations that helped define Canada

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Society

Beauty Standards Are a Rigged Game

November 21, 2019November 26, 2019 - by Sarah Trick

If I couldn’t be seen as both disabled and beautiful, I decided I’d win by becoming “the smart one”

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The Beauty Conversation

July 29, 2019December 18, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Appearance shapes the way the world sees us. But what does it say about who we really are? The Walrus contributors consider how we disrupt, define, and ultimately celebrate what we see in the mirror

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The Year I Went Bald

July 29, 2019July 31, 2019 - by Sarah Weinman

First, cancer took my work identity. Then it took my hair

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Pretty Privilege at Work

What Happened to Your Face? A Meditation on the Pandemic Beard

What’s Beyond the Surface of Our Skin Care Obsession?

Will Beauty Change When the World Comes Back?

Beauty Standards Are a Rigged Game

The Beauty Conversation

The Year I Went Bald

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