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Wokeness and Byrdie

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In addition to maintaining the Cold Cream ‘n’ Roses blog about fashion and beauty, I maintain The Bahu of Bengal blog about India and Hinduism. The page The Bahu of Bengal | Cold Cream ‘n’ Roses provides more information about The Bahu of Bengal blog and a link to the blog.

A Facebook friend alerted his friends to Prinita Thevarajah’s article How Casteism Manifests in Yoga and Why It’s a Problem, https://www.byrdie.com/casteism-in-yoga-5119378, published on Byrdie, a website ostensibly about health and beauty.

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It is disheartening to see a beauty site like Byrdie promote anti-Hindu bias (Harpers Bazaar also promoted anti-Hindu bias). At the same time, Byrdie published a flattering article on halal vitamins, which I thought was a devious way to promote Muslim practices to non-Muslims. Byrdie did not mention that the author Jessica Daqamsseh frequently writes for Muslim Girl (Seventeen for Muslim girls?)

Byrdie appears to be falling prey to “woke” politics that other beauty media have fallen prey to. As another person on my friend’s thread said, “Wokeness is invading health, wellness and beauty. Does not spare any domain I reckon.”

As I noted on The Bahu of Bengal | Cold Cream ‘n’ Roses page, I’ve lately been publishing letters that I’ve written to writers and publishers of articles that have an anti-India, anti-Hinduism slant. Read my letter to Prinita Thevarajah about her article on casteism and yoga on The Bahu of Bengal blog. Byrdie was copied.

#TBT @ItsMatin

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I’ve interviewed movers and shakers in the beauty industry and by far, my absolute favorite interviewee was Matin.  He is my favorite because of his amazing life story and charitable activities (in fact, he was a 2007 finalist for CNN Heroes).

Here’s a video from Byrdie where Matin discusses his five must-have products:

My interview with Matin spanned three blog posts:

  1. Part 1
  2. Part 2
  3. Part 3

I hope that you’ll read all three parts and come away impressed by his candor and exuberance .

 

Byrdie staff names the best #lipstick brands, ever

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I enjoy receiving E-newsletters from Byrdie. As I use neutral eyeshadows, I express myself through lipstick, so I was very interested to read what Byrdie staff had to say.

Byrdie names the best lipstick brands, ever.
Byrdie names the best lipstick brands, ever.

I like to sample lipsticks from various brands, so I can’t name a favorite brand. I do however like Burts Bees Satin Lipstick (9.00 USD).  It performs as well as lipsticks 2-3 times its price.

These are the best lipstick brands we’ve ever tried. Read all about them here.

Source: Confirmed: These Are the Best Lipstick Brands Ever, According to Byrdie HQ