![]() Peiss starts out with an anecdote where she deflects an aunt’s suggestion that she wear different makeup, which sets the tone as far as Peiss treats cosmetics. ![]() Hope in a Jar focuses mainly on the crucial turning point that occurred during the 1900s to the 1930s, and the brief window of opportunity it afforded for women in such conservative and repressive times, especially black women. ![]() Hope in a Jar covers the evolution of America’s beauty culture, from the equation of physical beauty with one’s morality and the shunning of visible cosmetics to the near-requirement of it these days. In fact, I stumbled across the recommendation for it during a discussion of that very subject. (I am told putting on red lipstick is called “putting on your lady face” in Texas, and that’s just neat.) That’s where Hope in a Jar comes in. ![]() Beauty culture, then, has always escaped me, especially the concept of “putting on your face”. Cosmetics, for me, is just pretty paints–take ‘em or leave ‘em. Despite owning far too much nail polish, I haven’t a single red or pink. ![]() As an ace girl, I’ve never used cosmetics to make myself more conventionally attractive. I have a much different relationship with cosmetics than most women do. ![]()
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