Something to Think About

On the sidebar to the right, type in "White Doll Black Doll" into the Youtube search engine. This comes from 17 year old filmmaker Kiri Davis. She interviewed young women on how pretty they think they are in comparison to social norms. This is an experiment that Davis conducted with young black children? What do you think?

Letter Writing Campaign

In an effort to get our message across to the comestic companies, Face Forward will conduct a letter writing campaign. Our goal is to get enough people to sign their name to a letter, and these letters will be sent right to the mailboxes of the top comsetic companies. Look for us in the Sadler Center on the William and Mary campus in the next few weeks. There will be flyers posted [in case you forget :)]. If you can't make it out to the Sadler center, we will be posting the letter right here on the blog in a few days along with the addresses of the compaines. All you have to do it print the letter, sign your name, and put it in the mail. Unfortunately, you will have to supply your own envelope and stamp. But of course if you can't, hit us up and we'll help you out. Exact dates on flyering and Sadler Center times will be posted soon. See you soon!!!

Face Forward

We are Face Forward. We are a student run organization from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Our purpose is to bring attention to the inequality of beauty product availablity, namely make-up. In a country, and in a world, where diversity in skin color is the norm, cosmetic companies still only manage to sell make-ups that cater to lighter skin shades. While comestics may seem like a minute problem in this world plauged with rasicism, sexism, and overall intolerance; when a person goes to purchase an item that directly effects the way they see themselves, it has a damaging effect when they cannot find a product to use. Our goal is to make sure that all people can go into a local drugstore and find a prodct that works for them. This will increase tolerance, as well as self esteem for those of darker skin complexions.