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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

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#UNFAIRANDLOVELY: Dark-Skinned Women Create Hashtag to Challenge Eurocentric Beauty Standards

February 26, 2016

Some South Asian girls might remember applying layer upon layer of a beauty product called Fair & Lovely, a skin-lightening cream used to obtain the lighter skin they aspired for at a young age.

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The Great Awokening: Rising Social Awareness

January 21, 2016

Whether students rose with one alarm or twelve snoozed alarms, not all students “woke” up. Popular and youthful, “woke” has emerged as a term for social awareness.