by DISB | Feb 12, 2014 | Beauty Ideals, Colourism Stories, Discrimination, Prejudice, Skin Colour Bias
The Sad Truth About Colourism Sapna’s personal story of overcoming discrimination is featured in the documentary film, Hue, by Sepia Films. Here she talks about her hopes for the film and about her dream that India would be country that lives up fully to its...
by DISB | Jan 25, 2014 | Beauty Ideals, Colourism Stories, Dark Skin, Skin Colour Bias
A mother and her daughter talk about skin colour and confidence. by Pranuthi Bunyan | With a poem by Sanchitha Rahael Sathyadass As a mother, I have heard people come up to us and make statements such as, “Your younger son has a better colour than the...
by DISB | Jan 18, 2014 | Advertising, Advocacy, Beauty Ideals, Discrimination, News, Petition
WOW’s petition on Change.org against Fair and Handsome ad garners a one on one meet with the top brass of EMAMI. January 18th, 2014, Kolkatta — Women of Worth (WOW) , the Chennai based NGO behind the Dark is Beautiful Campaign, was invited today to a one on one...
by DISB | Jan 1, 2014 | Beauty Ideals, Skin Colour Bias, Uncategorized
Celebration has always been the mood of this campaign! While we battle toxic notions of beauty based on skin colour we need to remember that celebrating who we are is the first step towards bringing about change in our environment. This has always been our underlying...
by DISB | Dec 28, 2013 | Beauty Ideals, Dark Skin, Discrimination, Melanin, Prejudice, Skin Colour Bias, Uncategorized
by Aaron Sathyanesan | neuroscientist and Dark is Beautiful supporterWhat skin colour did Jesus have?This question, I believe, is at the storm-eye of a scandal for the ages.Recently, this scandal made the rounds in media outlets, social networks and the uttermost...
by DISB | Dec 10, 2013 | Advertising, Beauty Ideals, Discrimination, Prejudice, Skin Colour Bias
The “Dark is Beautiful” campaign has an underlying assumption— that Beauty exists! It is a clear reference to the ubiquitous existence of beauty in our world. It is also a bold challenge to social attempts to fracture beauty. One attempt to do so is by pitting one...
