I would have sworn the light skin debate belongs in 1983. Dead and buried together with culottes and Kenya Uniform long and wrinkled skirts or Irene Lipstick, a cheap favorite way back when it was fashionable to wear lipstick only on the lower lip. Make that a lipstick that was green and turned red on application. I would have safely assumed that skin lightening is dead. Buried 6 feet under together with words like Cutex, 'don't touch my toes' or tinga tinga, which was village speak for 'Tractor'. The #bleachedbeauty tirade of tweets and blogs recently perked a desire to rethink values. The good old values that taught us how to be girls, ladies then women. When the debate was at its peak, I sent out a tweet that said "change your values,not the color of your skin". If you think this blog is about Vera Sidika exit stage left. But since I have already mentioned her, I will let you know like her spunk. It takes a gutsy woman to be confident i...
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