#RepresentationForAll

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This week, we go Beyond the Blurb with the amazing @authorivyljames.

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Representation isn’t a trend—it’s a movement. ✊🏾 Black Dolls Matter® celebrates identity, healing, and joy through dolls that reflect the richness of Black culture across all genders and experiences. 🌍🖤 Read the full story and join the movement. #BlackDollsMatter #MelanatedJoy #RepresentationMatt

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Celebrities have always been pillars of beauty in society and often the topic of debate for what values are being conveyed by unrealistic beauty standards. Campaigns for #realmodels rather than role models and the social media trend of ‘expectation vs reality’ bring to light the dangers of advertising espousing an ideal look. Different cultures have different contexts of beauty and advertising shifts to address those contexts and highlight the aspirations of consumers in their products and ads.

In the ‘Fair & Lovely vs Dark & Beautiful’ context the lightening/whitening products address the commercial ideal of a lighter skinned person. This ideal is based on celebrity actors and models even though it’s not representative of the societal make up. We start to see a homogeneous ideal that doesn’t foster inclusion for a large population.

As a consumer, I’ve started to see a very similar aesthetic across all ads served to me. I have to step back to think through what my values and purchasing behavior is to ensure I’m supporting companies that align.

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We're wrapped with our #RepresentationForAll series for the year. Here's a masterlist of all our amazing authors thus far. Happy Holidays, Wolfe Pack!

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This week in our #RepresentationForAll series is author Fox Beckman going Beyond the Blurb.

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This week on #RepresentationForAll, we check back in with @authorivyljames to go Behind the Bio in a personal interview.

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This week we have Shannon Blair in the #RepresentationForAll hot seat, going into their personal life Behind the Bio!

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#RepresentationForAll goes Halloween! Eule Grey is up this week, going Beyond the Blurb with her brand new book, fresh off the press!

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My turn in the hot seat, this week in our #RepresentationForAll series. Time to go Behind the Blurb of Casey Wolfe's Inquisition Trilogy.

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Next up in our #RepresentationForAll series, we go Beyond the Blurb with Gwen Tolios.

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This week's edition of #RepresentationForAll goes Behind the Bio with Lee Welch.

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First up in our #RepresentationForAll interview series is the amazing Matt Doyle. Check out this personal look Behind the Bio.

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Something pretty awesome is kicking off on my blog next week!