The cosmopolitan, sophisticated, and model-like woman pretty much epitomizes the identity of drug store makeup brands like Maybelline.
Dr. Tomasina Chupco (29) is the founder and the owner of Indigenous Intentions, a cause-driven jewelry brand working to end the cultural erasure of Native Americans.
Kerri Hardy is an African-American writer that publishes on inclusion.
Dr. Anthony Youn, known as America’s Holistic Plastic Surgeon™, shares with us his motivation behind becoming a plastic surgeon and the importance of embracing our individuality.
ANONYMOUS - I’m 13 years old, and it’s 2011. I walk into an office building that says WEIGHT WATCHERS in big letters, and it’s next to a pizza buffet. Once we get in, a woman greets me, and my mother and I are directed to weigh ourselves. My mother goes first, the lady peeks over, she writes the number down, and my mom frowns.
“By the time I was a freshman in high school, I had developed painful, cystic acne. I had it all along my cheeks, my jawline, and my temples. Because I would try to pop my acne, my cheeks are where I have the most scarring. There wasn’t a whole lot of readily available education for me on acne at the time, and my dermatologist never talked to me about skin picking, so I kept doing it.
“I never had acne until I turned 30. It was adult acne from hormonal changes, and I completely panicked."
My acne got so much worse after pregnancy. I was devastated when I got acne. I was like - “I can’t be 20+ and have acne.”
Xay is an educator and human rights activist from Chicago, Illinois.