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‘Dark Is Divine…Krishna Literally Means The Dark One’: Indian Creator Calls Out Colonial Lies Still Shaping Beauty Standards https://shinemycrown.com/dark-is-divinekrishna-literally-means-the-dark-one-indian-creator-calls-out-colonial-lies-still-shaping-beauty-standards/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DarkIsDivine #BeautyStandards #Colourism #IndianCreator #SocialMedia

Kriszta Satori Sep 3

#BBCNews - Death penalty for Indian man who burnt alive wife over skin colour
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyryrwwdj7o
#colourism

Udaipur: Death penalty for Indian man who burnt alive wife over skin colour

The judge said the murder fell in the category of "rarest of the rare" and was "a crime against humanity".

MusiqueNow

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Jun 21, 2025

#Racism #Colourism in the #Goth Community

Dark Entries: Goth's Hierarchy of #Whiteness - YouTube https://m.youtube.com/@CemeteryConfessions/videos

#CemeteryConfessions

#Shonalika of #PowderPaint. #music #musicians

Before you continue to YouTube

Melbourne Doco Film Fest Feb 26, 2025

Myths and Maidens #colourism #fatphobia #diversevoices #streaming
https://www.thecoconet.tv/coco-docos/myths-maidens/myths-and-maidens-feature-documentary/

‘MYTHS AND MAIDENS’ FEATURE DOCUMENTARY — thecoconet.tv - The world’s largest hub of Pacific Island content.uu

‘MYTHS AND MAIDENS’ is a rich tapestry of stories from women in Samoa, Hawaii, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Aotearoa. A Coconet TV original, the hour long documentary delves into the sticky issues of colourism, fat-phobia, and how our societies have been taught to view women of colour across the ages. In this love letter to Moana women, we look at the collective trauma, challenges and inequities for women across Pasifika - and how in the face of this, the celebration of ourselves is an act of colonial resistance.

Silver Arrows Feb 10, 2025

Dark Skin & Getting Married | Stand Up Comedy by Saikiran
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aTUiGWJinX0

This dude is hilarious! Because it's so true. "Eat white things so you have a white baby" is a thing in my parents' generation.

TIL what a manglik is.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangala_Dosha

#colourism #india #indiancomedy #standup

Dark Skin & Getting Married | Stand Up Comedy by Saikiran

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Silver Arrows Feb 9, 2025

@CurryGoat don't worry about it. It was something I really needed to hear when I was younger. My parents never instilled self confidence in my skin tone. On the contrary, my mum was brainwashed by #colourism, and I learnt that dark skin was ugly from her and my grandmother. Coupled with racist abuse and my mum's experience of #racism growing up, it meant I hated being brown.

I'm cool with it now though.

Silver Arrows Feb 9, 2025

@CurryGoat I was taught that the ideal for beauty was white skin, blonde hair, blue eyes. Part from the media (and racist abuse as a child) and part from Indian #colourism. My lighter skinned sisters were considered the pretty ones. My oldest sister and I were the dark, unfortunate ones. No one told us that we were pretty.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdct3OKOxHc

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BlOHSbf9XGI

When I was 12, I told myself I'd start using skin lightening cream as soon as I was 16.