Beauty Lessons

Your words have so much power.
Every day, if you tell yourself
'I love you,'
if you give yourself
one word of validation,
​it will change your mind.

— Ashley Graham
Big Questions:  
  1. Is a person's success influenced by physical appearance?
  2. Are some groups more impacted by lookism than others?
  3. Based on looks - how do words and actions affect us?
1. Self Perception: 
Explore the concepts and standards of attractiveness  you have and how you think you "measure up".
2. Lookism Bias & Shame
Explore the concepts of
​colorism, weightism and ageism.
​Self-reflection on body positivity and lookism bias and shame.
3. Lookism: Ugly
Explore the concept of ugliness, biases against people who are deemed unattractive and the possible legal ramifications.
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4. Lookism: Beauty
Identify the term Eurocentric beauty.
Analyze where and how we see it in society
and our responses to it.
5. Lookism: Hair
Explore reasons for the hairstyles we choose to wear.
​Analyze how society responds to different hairstyles.
6. Poetry
7. Research
Photo credit: Free the fro Evan Welch. Mask Joanna Atkinson,Gambian Girl,
​Joe Rodd, On the beach by Ned Benjamin, Girl with braids by David Nels
Siren's Lessons
Content in Sirens Lessons is free and for educational purposes. Lessons may be used to compliment poetry books by Romaine Washington or as stand alone lessons or with other writing.
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