by DISB | Nov 27, 2013 | Beauty Ideals, Colourism Stories, Discrimination, Skin Colour Bias
“Though She Is Dark, She Is a Nice Girl” By AJ Franklin | A Dark is Beautiful campaigner Growing up, I was teased by classmates for being a crow, urged by relatives to apply fairness creams and finally, when it came to marriage, I was told in advance that people would...
by DISB | Nov 8, 2013 | Beauty Ideals, Colourism Stories, Discrimination, Melanin
By Lydia Marsha | A Dark is Beautiful campaigner “You don’t have to be model to inspire people that dark is beautiful, you can be a role model everyday in your life just by being yourself” – Lydia Marsha Words can hurt. I get teased for being...
by DISB | Oct 7, 2013 | Beauty Ideals, Colourism Stories, Discrimination
By Sai Tharshini Varathan | A Dark is Beautiful Campaigner I come from the wonderful and multicultural land of Malaysia. Malaysia is filled with diverse people that are generally friendly. But often, I get to hear a lot of painfully discriminatory comments because of...
by DISB | Sep 22, 2013 | Beauty Ideals, Colourism Stories, Dark Skin, Discrimination
By Rebekah Paul | A Dark is Beautiful campaigner If only life were as easy as Jimmy Kimmel’s “Meet My Best Unfriend” Facebook Challenge: “You are dark but photogenic.” – Unfriend “Your sister is lighter skinned than you, no?” – Unfriend “You’d have been a great...
by DISB | Aug 5, 2013 | Beauty Ideals, Colourism Stories, Discrimination
By Sudha Menon | A Dark is Beautiful Campaigner If you have grown up in a dark brown skin, like I have, you have possible heard this sentence many times in your life: ” She is dark but smart”, ” She is not dark, just dusky. And, very...
by DISB | Jul 31, 2013 | Advertising, Beauty Ideals, Discrimination, Petition
By Pamposh Dhar | Dark is Beautiful campaigner We are bombarded by print ads and TV commercials all day long. So much so that we hardly pay heed to them any more. But when “King Khan” himself shows up on the TV screen in our home, we sit up and take notice. He is...
