Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many are aware of colorism, texturism or maybe even featurism but these may all apply to a simpler term known as appearance-based ...

In her provocative new book, The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Law and Life, Stanford law professor Deborah Rhode argues that workers deserve legal protection against appearance-based ...

There are plenty of reasons to worry about body dissatisfaction. It’s common, it can lead to depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, and it can distract from other things you might prefer to focus ...

In the 19th century, many American cities banned public appearances by "unsightly" individuals. A Chicago ordinance was typical: "Any person who is diseased, maimed, mutilated, or in any way deformed, ...

Imagine your hair being considered a burden. By your own mother who’s a different race than you. Or who isn’t but still needs your hair to be “manageable” amidst all of life’s other demands. So she ...

Curly, straight, natural, relaxed, braids, dreads, Afro, or weave. Hair in the workplace is a controversial issue that has been flooding the media in the past year. In response, state and federal ...