Some of us want kids; some of us don’t—and either of those two options are equally valid. Statistically, the most recent numbers show that more and more American women are having kids later in life, if they’re having them at all. In 2016, for example, only 62 babies were born per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44—the lowest the fertility rate has been since we started keeping track. But for women who choose not to have kids, it can feel like they’re fighting a cultural expectation, whether it’s through fending off annoying questions about when they’ll have kids or adopt with their S.O. or by fielding rude comments about how they’re bound to change their mind. But some celebrities who have opted to be child-free are using their platforms to speak out and help shift the cultural mind-set. Here’s what 14 of them have to say about their decision.
Which is why for the 2019 Glamour Beauty Awards, we’re bringing back our Readers’ Choice Awards. From
foundation to nail polish to fragrance, our editors analyzed the list of the products our readers talk
about again and again and again. Now we’re
asking you to vote on your all-time favorites from the bunch. The polls are open for the next two weeks;
then we’ll tally up your votes and, along with the other best products selected by our
expert panel of judges,
announce our 2019 winners on March 25.
Be sure to check back then for the big reveal. Until then, happy voting.
Cast your vote for the Glamour Beauty Awards Readers’ Choice nominees
We’ve barely had any time to recover from Lady Gaga’s periwinkle confection from the Golden Globes. How can she top that at the award shows still to come? Or, for that matter, all the other incredible looks she’s worn on the A Star Is Born press tour? That’s not the only big question we have about this year’s awards season. Namely, will the casts of Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians continue to prove they’re among the best-dressed (and, uh, best-looking) ensembles in Hollywood? And which movie is going to take home the most trophies by the time this is all over?
Well, we got closer to some answers at the 2019 Critics’ Choice Awards tonight, where films like The Favourite, Roma, Mary Poppins Returns and more are up for big prizes and celebrities dressed to the nines to celebrate. Lady Gaga and Gemma Chan continued to flex their fashion muscles, while newer names like Yalitza Aparicio once again reminded viewers why she’s one to watch.
Check out the best looks from this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards red carpet, ahead.
End-of-year award shows are a doozy—suddenly, you remember that Black Panther, Crazy Rich Asians, Ocean’s 8, A Quiet Place, and Love, Simon are all movies that came out in 2018. They’re also all up for trophies at the 2018 People’s Choice Awards tonight, as are This Is Us, Riverdale, and a bunch of your favorite television shows; plus artists like Rita Ora and Ariana Grande. The People’s Choice Awards are an all-encompassing show—there are also categories for style, beauty, podcasting, and even animals—which means a lot of your favorites, from all different fields or platforms, will be rubbing shoulders on the red carpet. That makes for some interesting photo opps, and some spectacular fashion moments: from Busy Philipps in Christian Siriano to Camila Mendes in Etro.
So, while you reflect on—or maybe try to take stock of—all the entertainment you consumed in 2018, catch up on the best looks from the 2018 People’s Choice Awards, ahead.
A red carpet featuring Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Miu Miu, Coach, Calvin Klein 205W39NYC, Fausto Puglisi… Would you believe we were describing the 2018 Teen Choice Awards?
Once again, we’re reminded that young Hollywood is providing us some of the best, most exciting red-carpet fashion, as celebrities gathered to celebrate teen audiences and entertainment on Sunday night. There were bold, embellished gowns (Lili Reinhart, in Monique Lhuillier)! Polished evening suiting (Chloe Grace Moretz, in Louis Vuitton)! Fancy-as-hell matching sets (Madelaine Petsch in Giambattista Valli and Vanessa Morgan)! Seriously, the Teen Choice Awards are not an event to sleep on.
Check out 20 looks from the 2018 Teen Choice Awards you can’t miss, ahead.
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I was in fifth grade the first time it really sunk in that my full lips were viewed, to some, as undesirable. We were learning about minstrel shows in my performing arts class and the message of the visuals—white faces covered in black tar-like paint with exaggerated cherry red lips—were loud and clear: black features were a mockery; a cartoon form of entertainment. They most certainly weren’t something you wanted to, say, walk around the halls of a southside of Chicago charter school with.
No 11-year-old should ever possess an insecurity like this, but I didn’t like the size of my lips. They were big, full, and the first thing I’d notice when I looked into the mirror. I’d never smile without my teeth because it would show their “real” size. And now that I think about the correlation between minstrel shows and big, bright lips, it’s not all that shocking that to this day there are still certain lip colors I won’t wear, like light pink or red, because they draw too much attention to my mouth.
I ended up going to my dad, from whom I inherited the majority of my facial features, to tell him I was embarrassed by the way I looked. “Baby girl, your lips are beautiful,” he replied. It’s a memory I’ve replayed time and time again when white woman like Angelina Jolie, Kim Kardashian, and—of course—Kylie Jenner are celebrated for features black women are chastised for.
The issue has been written aboutby women of colorad nauseam, but now that Jenner, the woman who changed modern beauty standards because of our culture’s obsession with her cosmetically enhanced lips, has announced that she’s gotten rid of her injections, the topic—and frustration—is back in the spotlight.
Fans rushed to the comments to share their thoughts on her “new” look, with responses ranging from how great she looks to whether or not this means fillers are officially dead. And while it’s arguably a good thing that the move may encourage more women to embrace the features they were born with, the comments—as many women of color are pointing out on Twitter—are cause for concern. Jenner might have the choice to make her lips smaller, but women like me don’t. As one user, @doitfordior wrote, “Kylie Jenner removed her lip fillers and y’all are suddenly saying big lips are ‘out.’ Black people have always had big lips. Stop treating people’s features like a trend.”
For example, during New York Fashion Week in 2016—as the lip filler craze was picking up steam, thanks in large part to Kylie—a photo of Ugandan model Aamito Lagum featured on MAC’s Instagram went viral. Instead of focusing on the lip color in the close-up shot, the comment section was flooded with nasty comments about the size of her lips. A few choice examples (that were quickly deleted by the brand) included: “wtf r these lips” and “Holy sh-t I thought this was Jay Z.”
Just this weekend, even, model Salem Mitchell was criticized by a commenter for appearing on Vogue‘s Instagram—in the photo, she’s wearing braids, with freckles and full beautiful lips. “What’s with these ghetto people Vogue‘s been showing lately? Is not like Vogue at all, lol,” it read. The implication here, of course, is that black women can’t be fashionable unless they’re assimilating into white culture or have Eurocentric features. Mitchell rose above the negativity but delivered a response so many women of color are sick of having to say. “Everything that I look like is considered ‘trendy’ in the media and fashion right now. The freckles, the braids, the big lips, etc. But on a black woman its ghetto and for NO reason and we’re tired of it.”
At the end of the day, every woman deserves the right to do whatever she wants with her body. But it’s clear that for all the positive strides we’ve made for inclusivity in the beauty industry, we still have a lot more work to do. For starters, let’s stop deeming anyone’s physical features as “trendy”—especially when black women have had them all this time.
