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  • All Made Up

  • The Power and Pitfalls of Beauty Culture, from Cleopatra to Kim Kardashian
  • By: Rae Nudson
  • Narrated by: Ann M. Richardson
  • Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary

A fascinating journey through history and culture, examining how makeup affects self-empowerment, how people have used it to define (and defy) their roles in society, and why we all need to care

There is a history and a cultural significance that comes with wearing cat-eye-inspired liner or a bold red lip, one that many women feel to this day, even if we don’t realize exactly why. Increasingly, people of all genders are wrestling with what it means to be a woman living in a patriarchy, and part of that is how looking like a woman - whatever that means - affects people’s real lives.

Through the stories of famous women like Cleopatra, Empress Wu, Madam C. J. Walker, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marsha P. Johnson, Rae Nudson unpacks makeup’s cultural impact - including how it can be used to shape a personal or cultural narrative, how often beauty standards align with whiteness, how and when it can be used for safety, and its function in the workplace, to name a few examples.

Every woman has had to make a very personal choice about her relationship with makeup, and consciously or unconsciously, every woman knows that the choice is never entirely hers to make. This book also holds space for complicating factors, especially the ways that beauty standards differ across race, class, and culture. Engaging and informative, All Made Up will expand the discussion around what it means to participate in creating your own self-image.

©2021 Rae Nudson (P)2021 Beacon Press

Critic reviews

“Full of intriguing anecdotes and trenchant commentary on the relationship between conventional beauty standards and misogyny, classism, and racism, this is an invigorating examination of the ‘rules and assumptions that govern appearance'." (Publishers Weekly)

“Journalist Nudson offers a strong argument that makeup affects everyone, whether they wear it or not.” (Booklist)

 “An exuberant critical study of how cosmetics and beauty culture shape the world and everyone in it.” (Kirkus Reviews)

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