A gold award ribbon that says "The Smart One," floating against a pale pink background.

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”

The Beauty Conversation

July 29, 2019October 10, 2019 - 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

women with hair that look like strands of text

The Beauty Conversation

The Year I Went Bald

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

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

The Beauty Conversation

The Impossible Beauty Standards for Transgender Women

July 29, 2019July 31, 2019 - by Tranna Wintour

I face a lot of pressure to be ultrafeminine—and I’m tired of it

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The Beauty Conversation

Why I Shared My Nude Photos on the Internet

July 29, 2019October 3, 2019 - by Sam Juric

I used to hate looking at my body. Then I decided to post my naked pictures on Instagram

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The Beauty Conversation

The Price of Being Pretty

July 29, 2019September 30, 2019 - by Téa Mutonji

Growing up, my friends and I thought being beautiful would make our lives easier. But beauty only made things more difficult