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Graduate Student Launches Clean Beauty Company Born in Her GU Dorm

By Grace Buono September 11, 2020

Sitting in her sophomore LXR Hall dorm room four years ago, Charlotte Cook (MSB ’19) felt she was at a crossroads. She knew the finance and banking track was not what she wanted, but viable alternatives...

Queer Eye: Beyond Reality TV

Queer Eye: Beyond Reality TV

By Izzy Roemer and Izzy Roemer March 30, 2018

Listen up people — there’s a new show in town. Out of all of the quasi-reality television that we have proudly consumed in our lifetimes, "Queer Eye" has been the most earth-shattering, jaw-dropping,...

You Say Vain, I Say Confident

By Bella Gerard April 1, 2016

“Why are you wearing so much makeup?” A surprising number of my conversations start with this question aimed in my direction. I am asked when arriving at class. Going to the gym. Attending meetings....

MUCHA: Finding Beauty in Modern Art

By Rachel Mucha January 29, 2016

Although I still struggle to come to terms with many aspects of modern culture, from Twitter to SoulCycle to the Kardashians, one of my most pressing questions about the 21st century concerns contemporary...

Taylor Tries Out a ‘Feminist’ Beauty Routine

Taylor Tries Out a ‘Feminist’ Beauty Routine

By Taylor Bond September 25, 2015

Recently I changed my position from part-time to full-time feminist. While I had always believed in the core tenets of feminism (like that women should be considered equal to men, which is also known as...

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Health and Wellness Issue

By Guide Editor February 6, 2015

Health and well-being are concepts integral to one's college and life experiences. Yet on such a bustling campus, students rarely ever pause to examine their state of mind and body. From personal narratives...

The Fluidity of Beauty

By The Guide Staff February 6, 2015

On a campus as diverse as Georgetown’s, it is nearly impossible to create one set standard of beauty. Students are drawn here from a multitude of  places defined by their distinct cultures, and each...

Top 10 Superbowl Prospects: Looks Before Talent

Top 10 Superbowl Prospects: Looks Before Talent

By Maeve Cleary and Maeve Cleary February 1, 2015

Super Bowl Sunday is TODAY! Tune in, along with the other 10 million people that are expected to watch, at 6:30 pm. Things are about to get real intense for football fans. The Seahawks are the first...

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In Korea, Beauty Evolves on Its Own Terms

By Sarah Kim November 4, 2014

“Are you half? You have big eyes, for an Asian.” “You have bigger eyes than some of my white friends!” “Have you gotten double-eyelid surgery? Your eyes are pretty.” “You have...

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Students Redefine Beauty

By Hannah Kaufman September 19, 2014

Here on the Hilltop, Hoyas pride themselves on knowing how to dress. This keen fashion sense is woven into campus life, but until now, nobody has ever found a way to document it. Emerging on the scene...

Tokyo’s Ambiguous Aesthetics

By Celeste Chisholm July 3, 2014

Beauty has been chronically difficult to define. Nebulous by nature, its form floats adrift like clouds across a capricious sky, lacking clear borders, resisting prediction. For three months now, I have...

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Valeria Lukyanova has undergone several plastic surgeries and follows an extreme diet in order to have looks similar to that of  a Barbie doll

Proving That Ideas of Beauty Are Simply Unnatural

By Daria Etezadi June 9, 2014

“What is art? What makes it good or bad, and who decides?” I was re-watching the film “Mona Lisa Smile” when I considered the broader implications of Professor Katherine Watson’s questions....

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