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Beauty in the Workplace, Beauty News, Beauty Theories

Stop Kvetching, Everyone Can Benefit By Looking Good in The Office

No Comments 17 May 2012

There’s been loads of stories recently about the effect of beauty in the workplace.  For the most part, the better you look, the better you fare.  Now there’s an infographic that brings it all to light in such a pretty way . Sure, there’s been a lot of counter arguments, even attacks, on these theories. [...]

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Beauty in the Workplace, Beauty Theories

Looks Discrimination is Bad For Business

1 Comment 05 April 2012

When I read the article, “Dress Code Discrimination: Different Figure, Different Rules?” I couldn’t help but nod my head throughout the entire piece.  The story is about weight discrimination.  The author, Kristen Houghton, writes about her friend who adopts the uniform of the season, i.e., leggings and tunics, but was told that she dressed inappropriately [...]

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A Cultural Perspective, Beauty in the Workplace, Beauty Theories

Erotic Capital: What We Think Of It

3 Comments 16 February 2012

A number of months ago British sociologist, Catherine Hakim, published Erotic Capital: The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom, a study of the benefits of employing one’s erotic capital in the workplace.  As you can imagine, she caught a lot of flack for it.  I wanted to wait to read all the [...]

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Beauty in the Workplace, Beauty Theories, Weekend Observations, Weekly Essentials

Weekend Observations: The Diff Between Blah and Sensational Can Change Everything…Especially at Work

2 Comments 12 February 2012

Having “grown up” in the advertising world, I had to make and present a lot of “decks” (aka presentations/talks/keynotes etc.).  While I can create a pretty good-looking presentation, I always knew that when I wanted something killer for the audience to look at, I had a group of people schooled in the art of graphic [...]

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Beauty in the Workplace, Beauty News

Can We Just Stop Judging Women Who Love Fashion

No Comments 09 February 2012

Say what you will about Anna Wintour, but she made a great point recently about perceptions of women who love fashion.  She was fed up with people viewing women who are both in positions of power and who also love fashion as “idiots.”  Her exact words: “When women are in positions of power, and they’re [...]

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