Beauty
What do you see in the photo? What’s happening? What do
you think this story is about?
The photo shows make-up artist Clelia Rodrigues. Clelia was
born with arthrogryposis, a condition that causes severe stiffness in the
joints. She uses her mouth to hold her make up brushes and has amassed hundreds
of thousands of followers on social media.
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How is make-up usually applied?
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Why is Clelia using her mouth to apply make-up?
An article written by Niamh Ni Hoireabhaird calls for
equality in the beauty industry.
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What does equality mean?
Niamh says, “As a disabled teenager I yearned for my
identity to be seen in the mainstream beauty industry world. Now, as a grown
disabled women, I am still wishing for the same thing.”
Hy did Niamh want to be “seen”?
What does she mean?
Think about adverts for make up;
do we ever see disabled people in them? Why not?
Why should disabled people be
seen in beauty adverts?
Clelia says, “There are so many assumptions about what audiences want and need”
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Perhaps the people who make beauty products
assume disabled people don’t use them… is that correct?
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Who can use make-up? Who is it for?
Clelia argues we need to be talking about having a
disability and looking different.
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Why do you think Clelia says this?
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How can taking about difference help?
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What do we say about difference at our
school?
Recently, Khol Kreatives have released easy grip brushes and
Lancome have released motorised lipstick applicator to make make-up more
accessible.
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What does accessible mean?
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How do you think these products make-up more
accessible?
There are more influencers listed in the link above.
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What can we learn from people like Clelia?
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What can we do today at our school to change the
world outside our school?
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Why is taking about difference important?
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How is this about no outsiders?
No Outsiders: we belong here by Andrew Moffat
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