Immigrant Women on Navigating American Beauty Standards

On what is carried over, and what is left behind, when moving to a new country with a new set of expectations. America isn't always gracious to newcomers. It doesn't matter how long ago those "newcomers" actually came over, or whether it was by choice or not (to say nothing of the continued violence against and erasure of Native populations). In 2016, hate crimes against Muslim people rose by 67 percent. Our borders, already watchful, are now exceptionally perilous for those with the "wrong" ski...