The desire for knowledge, education, honesty and affection emerge and re-emerge despite the weight of negative expectations and pressures. On the one hand, both titles are witty comments on the memoir genre, asking questions about truth and memory and acknowledging how much must necessarily remain hidden.

If you’re super interested in beauty culture to the point where you’re writing about it, then maybe? Her first novel, The Trick is to Keep Breathing, is now widely regarded as a Scottish contemporary classic, with a stage adaptation performed in Glasgow, Toronto and London; while her second book, Blood, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.I do think it's a nice introductory work, since it does talk about many of the struggles faced by black people and gender nonconforming men that might be new to a lot of people. To the child and adolescent Janice, abrupt violence is just another facet of her existence, and is hardly given more attention than night-time reveries over the fate of Yuri Gagarin, "his face smeared by console lights", the thrill of illicitly borrowing the goriest tomes from the library, "Spartacus, Caligula and Vlad the Impaler", and the sudden importance of pop culture awareness and effortless prettiness: "My blazer sprouted Bowie badges . 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. I loved all the history and stories in the book about women (and trans women) who exploited beauty/gender politics to gain power or to resist the status quo — eg the story of the Chinese empress and Josephine Baker. It felt too 101 for true beauty junkies but wasn’t exactly approachable for those who aren’t already dabbling in r/SkincareAddiction.

We will visit your property to conduct a full site survey to measure, advise, inspire and give you our undivided attention for all your Shutters, Blinds (including home automation) and Roof sails needs.I've been fascinated by beauty culture and appearance this year mainly because my self confidence has plunged to ground zero. Writing astutely about the complex yet fascinating world of cosmetics, Rae Nudson shines a light on what is now a multibillion-dollar global business. What moments of levity there are come with Janice's descriptions of her schoolteachers: "Miss Thomson, whose Tyrolean jumpers and ear-muff hairdo made us squeal with hilarity; whose demonstrations of mass, motion and gravity never demonstrated anything of the sort; who lost the thread and told long, rambling stories about the beauties of Elgin instead, was who the school had chosen to impart the mysteries of human sexuality to class 2Bii. Her single mode of escape from a background impoverished in every way is school, especially the music lessons which lead to a transforming, lifelong love.