Curiosity & Conversations: Female Beauty

beau·ty (byo͞otē)  noun  a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

Ten years ago, in an effort to change the conversation about female beauty, Dove launched its “Real Beauty Campaign.” 

Did the conversation change?

Join us for a conversation in which we will explore beauty: What is your definition of beauty?  How does our culture define beauty?  How does how big industry – perhaps including Unilever through its Dove “Real Beauty” campaign – shape and influence both our culture’s and our individual perceptions of beauty?  How do we feel about beauty?  Whether or not Dove’s “Real Beauty” campaign changed the conversation about female beauty, where can YaleWomen Connecticut take this conversation?

Sunday, October 19, 2014

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

At Tea with Tracy

http://www.teawithtracyct.com/index.html and http://teawithtracy.squarespace.com/

16 Bank Street, Seymour, CT

(Parking is available along Bank and Columbus Streets)

Space is limited to 16 people.  RSVP no later than Sunday, October 12^th to Stephanie Foote Rosenkranz ’02 BA at [email protected].   If you register and your plans change and you are no longer able to join us, please let Stephanie know so that we can open your slot to an alum on the wait list.

Each attendee will select and pay for her own items from the menu http://www.teawithtracyct.com/menu.html.   

For more information about Dove’s “Real Beauty” Campaign, go to

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/21/dove-real-beauty-campaign-turns-10_n_4575940.html and view Dove’s thought provoking videos:  

Evolution at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U and  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17j5QzF3kqE&src_vid=iYhCn0jf46U&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_3280203671

Onslaught at http://vimeo.com/4097693

Real Beauty Sketches at http://realbeautysketches.dove.us/