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Experts on Generation Z’s obsession with aging

Younger generations are known to share their extensive skin care habits online. Generation Z, born between the mid-1990s and the early 2010s, and the generation following them, known as Generation Alpha, seem obsessed with halting the aging effects of time. Even 10-year-olds pressure their parents to buy expensive anti-aging products. In the latest example of… Read More »

How beauty pageants became host to an ugly culture war

Ukrainian-born Carolina Shiino (center) was crowned Miss Japan on January 22, 2024 – Miss Japan Association As a child growing up in the eighties, I used to watch Miss World. Or rather, my mother did it. From his seat, he was meticulously criticizing the contestants as well as the jury members. “His legs are terrible,”… Read More »