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Posted inKnow Your Neighbors

Know Your Neighbors: Finding Impressive Young Women at the Queen Scheherazade Scholarship Pageant

Back in 1968, when the feminist movement was in full swing, a significant protest was staged in Atlantic City against the Miss America beauty pageant. The protest was organized by author Robin Morgan, who attacked “the degrading mindless-boob-girlie symbol” so prevalent in the media, and the “ludicrous ‘beauty’ standards we ourselves are conditioned to take […]

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