Soul Salon with Ayandastood

We continue our grand tour of the Ugliness of Beauty. This will be an ongoing series. Don't forget to listen to Part 1 first! In this episode we dive deeper into the paradoxes and ironies underlying Beauty and the role Beauty plays in upholding and normalizing systems of oppression. Once again, I invite you to interrogate Beauty as a normalized social heirarchy, and move towards reimagining what Beauty (or something much better!) could be. I hope you enjoy this episode and if you do,  leave a review and share it with someone special! I love you. ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠.Sources:Variety: Viola Davis - Kering Women in Motion Talk - Cannes Film Festival 2022 LinkBBC Stories: Skin Lightening: What I didn't know about it LinkAsian Boss: How Obsessed Are Indians With Fair Skin? LinkAllure: Girls Ages 6-18 Talk About Body Image LinkWhite Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch | Official Trailer | Netflix LinkBe Naya Films Skin Documentary Trailer LinkReclaim Ugly organization. Donate here My links: Substack: ayandastood.substack.com Tiktok: @ayandastoodPodcast Instagram: @reimaginingwithayandastoodMy Instagram: @ayandastood

Hello Sunshine! Welcome to another episode of Reimagining with Ayandastood. Today, we are joined by the one and only Mia Mingus.  In this episode, we explore Beauty, Desirability, Ugliness and Magnificence. Full transcripts to all episodes are available here. Mia Mingus is a writer, educator and trainer for transformative justice and disability justice. She is a queer, physically disabled, Korean-American transnational adoptee raised in the Caribbean. She works for community, interdependence and home for all of us, not just some of us, and longs for a world where disabled children can live free of violence, with dignity and love. As her work for liberation evolves and deepens, her roots remain firmly planted in ending sexual violence. Find Mia at @MiaMingus on Twitter and suppert her on Venmo @Mia-Mingus if you can! I hope you enjoy today’s episode. Don’t forget to subscribe and share it with a friend!  ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. Highlights: (03:22) Intro to Mia Mingus (07:42) What brings Mia joy (11:28) What does it mean to Move Towards Ugliness? (16:07) Experiences that led Mia into this work (27:15) What does it mean to embrace each other’s Magnificence? (33:19) How desirability has been used to commit violence (46:36) How the need to feel beautiful is rooted in harm (1:06:25) How can we find ways to Move Toward Ugliness? (1:13:13) What is the antidote to shame? (1:18:49) Why is the burden of Beauty so high? Links: Mia Mingus:Venmo: @Mia-Mingus Writing: About | Leaving Evidence Twitter: @miamingus IG: @mia.mingus Reading: “Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability” by Mia Mingus Mentions: Sip & Politic is an incredible podcast by my mutuals Joy Malonza & Carla Marie Davis. Find it on Apple here and Spotify here Support my amazing mutual Ismatu on Substack here and on TikTok @ismatu.gwendolynAudre Lorde Essay: The Transformation of Language into Silence and ActionBelly of the Beast: The Politics of Ant-fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun L. Harrison is a fantastic book and resource! Follow them on Twitter here @DaShaunLH Ayanda:Substack: ayandastood.substack.comTiktok: @ayandastoodPodcast Instagram: @reimaginingwithayandastoodMy Instagram: @ayandastood 

The response to eurocentric Beauty standards has been to diversify and include more people of marginalized identities. But this vital response alone is not enough. Our society regards Beauty as something inherently aspirational, noble, and good.  Is it?  Full transcripts to all episodes are available here.Even as more people are included, the terms and conditions of inclusion are exclusive and rooted in the same toxic beauty standards. At the same time, Beauty still functions in harmful ways to exclude and ostracize the most marginalized. What, exactly, are we fighting to be included within? What are the ugly ways that Beauty functions in our society? What is the Ugliness of Beauty? In this series, I invite you to reconsider Beauty as a social heirarchy, and move towards reimagining what Beauty (or something much better!) could be. I hope you enjoy this episode and if you do,  leave a review and share it with a bestie!ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. Highlights:  (03:28) Reframing capital B Beauty (04:10) What could beauty be? More on this in later episodes… (05:25) What is the paradox of Beauty? (12:54) Why is Beauty ugly + what does Beauty do? (17:51) Roles within the supply chain (26:25) How our obsession with beauty reinforces our obsession with whiteness (34:50) The allure of Beauty & how it justifies racism, oppression  and exploitation (45:27) The ugliness of beauty as a political concept Sources: Audre Lorde Essay: The Transformation of Language into Silence and Action“Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability” by Mia MingusBelly of the Beast: The Politics of Ant-fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun L. Harrison is a fantastic book and resource! Follow them on Twitter here @DaShaunLH On the Politics of Ugliness book edited by Sara Rodrigues and Ela Przybylo My links: Substack: ayandastood.substack.com Tiktok: @ayandastoodPodcast Instagram: @reimaginingwithayandastoodMy Instagram: @ayandastood

Hello sunshines! Welcome to the first episode of Reimagining with @ayandastood– a podcast where we reframe, rethink, and reimagine everything standing in the way of love and liberation. I am so excited to be on this journey with you! Don’t forget to tune in, share it with a friend if you like it, and don’t miss out on my next episode– The Ugliness of Beauty.  Full transcripts to all episodes are available here. ADVICE COLUMN: ☎️ seeking advice and want to PHONE IN with a question? ⁠⁠⁠⁠submit a voicemail here⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📩 OR WRITE IN an advice question anonymously at the ⁠⁠ASK Ayanda form⁠ here⁠. Highlights: (01:00) My journey to starting this podcast (03:52) Don’t try to do things alone if you can avoid it! (05:52) Audre Lorde Quotes on silence, language, and action (11:21) Community values and moving for, with, and through love Links: Instagram: @reimaginingwithayandastood  Substack: https://ayandastood.substack.com/ - Subscribe if you can! Tiktok: Watch Ayandastood's Newest TikTok Videos Instagram: @ayandastood • Instagram photos and videos Audre Lorde Essay: The Transformation of Language into Silence and Action