Is Bollywood “whitening” Indian beauty standards?

April 24, 2019 X.T.M 46 Comments filed under X.T.M

Since Vidhi’s passing remarks seem to generate so much controversy on BP; I thought I would share a statement she made to me earlier (I usually send her the links when I’m quoting her but she’s too busy to read them).

But she was pointing me towards this latest starlet:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuWv610B-Cg/

V was saying that she could look Spanish or Italian and the first person who came to my mind was Natalie Portman. V was then comparing Tara to Madhubala or Meena Kumari who had much more “Indian looks.”

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The unconscious whiteness of Britain-

April 24, 2019 X.T.M 7 Comments filed under X.T.M

Opposition politicians genuinely co-operating cross party today to listen to @GretaThunberg and key voices from #Youthstrike4climate about what needs to happen to tackle our climate emergency.

But a no show from @theresa_may pic.twitter.com/XmUT8sGeoD

— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) April 23, 2019

I had posted this last night but saved it in the draft. I just heard a story about a Bursar of a Cambridge College telling an *Asian* lighting Engineer that he should watch out with the lighting because otherwise you can’t see “black people in the dark except for their teeth.” Continue reading The unconscious whiteness of Britain-