/tags/beauty Beauty en-US Copyright Fri, 05 Jul 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-07-05/nail-art-manicure-fashion-beauty-culture-history Tens of thousands of nail salons across the U.S. are places of connection, reinvention, and community. They also make up a multi-billion dollar industry that tells stories about power and economic mobility. Why are nails so culturally and economically significant? Fri, 05 Jul 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-07-05/nail-art-manicure-fashion-beauty-culture-history Paige Perez, Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-07-21/polished-why-we-care-about-our-nails-fashion-beauty-nail-manicure-art Anita's nail habit has evolved in the past decade from $10 drop-in manicures to 90 minute appointments with a nail artist. That artist joins her for a conversation about how Black women have shaped nail culture. Plus a fashion historian details nail history from Egyptian mummies to ‘90s Chanel colors, and a Vietnamese-American woman tells the story of growing up inside her parents' nail salons. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-07-21/polished-why-we-care-about-our-nails-fashion-beauty-nail-manicure-art Paige Perez, Anita Rao /show/embodied-radio-show/2022-12-30/makeup-power-politics-activism-drag-diversity Makeup has a fascinating history with ties to social justice movements. Products like lipstick and eyeshadow are used in many contexts for a variety of reasons, all of which connect in some way to power. Fri, 30 Dec 2022 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2022-12-30/makeup-power-politics-activism-drag-diversity Audrey Smith, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-05-27/re-cleansed-skip-the-10-step-routine-but-not-your-spf Anita finally learned how to put on sunscreen properly and care for her body’s largest organ, thanks to medical and skincare industry experts who give advice she revisits in this episode. Their tips helped her figure out what to focus on in her skincare routine, and how to resist the temptation to fall down Tik-Tok beauty rabbit holes. Fri, 27 May 2022 16:06:16 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-05-27/re-cleansed-skip-the-10-step-routine-but-not-your-spf Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay /arts-culture/2016-09-13/unbranded-looking-at-a-century-of-marketing-to-white-women For a century, advertising campaigns have marketed products to white women by pairing phrases with images to construct a standard for white femininity.… Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:27:01 GMT /arts-culture/2016-09-13/unbranded-looking-at-a-century-of-marketing-to-white-women Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-09-13/unbranded-looking-at-a-century-of-marketing-to-white-women For a century, advertising campaigns have marketed products to white women by pairing phrases with images to construct a standard for white femininity.… Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:27:01 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-09-13/unbranded-looking-at-a-century-of-marketing-to-white-women Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio