Student Submission – Current Event SPR2025 https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT26qLccD This week’s current event comes from TikTok, specifically from the beauty community. In the video, Melinda Berry, a former Too Hot to Handle contestant turned beauty influencer, is trying on blushes gifted to her by a beauty brand. She begins with one shade of blush that complements her skin tone, already on her face, as she showcases a lighter shade that would not suit her skin tone. Melinda tried the lighter product, but it didn’t work as expected. She continues to make the point of the video that one suits her and the other doesn’t. She remarks, “That one is for fair skin…

Student Submission – Current Event VCU SPR25 https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Y2bJt9 https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Yj1uEy

Student Submission – Current Event VCU SPR25 These findings are a lot more obvious about the subject of misogynoir, but I wanted to discuss them anyway. As they both mentioned, they have presented a more reserved persona which has been mistranslated as them being inherently aggressive. As we have discussed, there is this notion that black people, especially black women, are a lot tougher than their white “counterparts.” Society just cannot see a black woman as “soft” and “delicate.” Which is why we have the “angry black woman” stereotype. I find it especially interesting with the original tweet as it comes across like she did not see the underlying misogynoir.…