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July 30, 2013
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like if you’re American and the concept of FEMEN not being White Girls™ is difficult, try remembering that Western Europe:Eastern Europe::North America:South and Central America.
obviously it’s…
Oh my god. The dirt thing. My mom used to use COMET on me, thinking it would get it off. It never did. (My skin was both darker and more varied in pigment then than it is now.)
Yowch. :( I’m actually glad my Mamaw never thought of that one, because she did love her Comet. Chock full of chlorine bleach. :( That’s pretty scary.
Yeah, I get more obvious varied pigmentation the more of a tan I get. And the darker blotches tan much darker than the rest. It sounds like maybe your skin responds similarly.
Yeah. If I’m out in the sun and not on meds that cause sun sensitivity, I tan very dark (and uneven) compared to what you’d expect for my current paleness. Dark enough to cause trouble with border guards. And my neck and elbows go darker.
And yeah I didn’t even know comet was not supposed to be used on skin until I told that to someone as an adult. All I know is it was very painful and smelly.
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thesixpennybook reblogged this from triplash and added:I think it’s more that there’s a lot of subtle gradation to “white”, at least in the UK, that’s really divorced from...
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clatterbane reblogged this from mindthelspace and added:More good commentary. I forgot to add earlier that I have been interested in the perceived acceptability of different...
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^ yes, exactly. It’s not that [insert ethnicity here] isn’t white, it’s more that whiteness isn’t always the key...
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babyshibe reblogged this from thesixpennybook and added:The last paragraph is bang-on about one major difference I’ve noticed between UK and US racial politics. In the UK (I’m...
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