In Episode 24, On Reflection host Funmi Fetto and Required Reading guest , Chloe Hall - beauty director of US Elle discuss a US Elle feature interviewing Asian American creatives and brand founders about why and how the beauty industry is complicit in the rise of Asian hate crimes. And what we can do about it.
Read MoreIn Episode 24 , US Elle Beauty Director Chloe Hall and Funmi Fetto, the host of On Reflection discuss a Beauty IRL feature on MaKhia Bryant , the 16 year old murdered by police the same day George Floyd’s killer was found guilty. We explore how her viral TikTok and YouTube videos -showing MaKhia’s hair and beauty tutorials -have enabled her to live on in a way that allows the world to remember her humanity.
Read MoreOn Episode 22, the Required Reading guest , beauty journalist Shannon Peter and On Reflection host Funmi Fetto discuss the data driven feature in The Pudding which highlights how the naming and numbering of foundations may inadvertently have racist undertones.
Read MoreIn Episode 21, Funmi Fetto, the host of On Reflection, and editor and writer Darian Harvin discuss Shamira Ibrahim’s Allure piece on the alleged race related comments around the skin colour of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s son.
Read MoreIn Episode 7, Talking Points is with Nina Davuluri, a former Miss America who is now an activist and a filmmaker. She joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her documentary COMPLEXion and her ongoing fight against Colorism.
Read MoreIn Episode 10, Jessica Schiffer and I discuss the Fast Company article stating - backed by stats - that the commitment to diversity touted by beauty companies following the death of George Floyd earlier in 2020 was short lived.
Read MoreIn Episode 8, US Cosmopolitan’s Beauty Director Julee Wilson joins me for Required Reading. We look at a Refinery 29 feature which explores large corporations attempting to profit from the high mortality rates of black mothers -to -be in the healthcare system.
Read MoreMy guest on this week's Talking Points is journalist and editor Felicia Pennant. We discuss Emma Dabiri's powerful new Channel 4 Documentary on black hair , hair discrimination and the joys and frustrations of the black hair salon.
Influential make up artist and social media star Mali Thomas was recently made Bobbi Brown’s Global Artist in Residence . She talks, colorism, racism, ageism ... and why she will always champion dark skin girls.
Read MoreEpisode 2. In Required Reading , we discuss the US Elle feature on one woman’s experience with medical racism and why the health care system needs a reckoning.
Read MoreIn Episode 1 we discuss Kahlana Barfield Brown's piece in US Elle about her experience as a Black beauty editor
Read MoreIn Episode 1 we discuss using make up as a political tool.
Read MoreUOMA beauty founder, Sharon Chuter explains why her campaign calling for beauty brands to support black lives at all levels for their lack of corporate inclusion is still relevant.
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