Pretty Hurts: It's time to decolonise beauty

Name: Pretty Hurts: It's time to decolonise beauty
Uploaded: 2020-12-14T21:51:43Z
Duration: 11 min 13 s
Description: "You're too pretty to be Aboriginal" is a shocking statement Sasha Sarago experienced at a young age. In this talk, Sasha shares how she reclaimed her femininity and Aboriginality by redefining beauty. By challenging our concepts of beauty through the eyes of a First Nations woman, she asks - does beauty liberate you, or is it time to decolonise beauty?

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Sasha Kutabah Sarago |

TEDxSydney

• November 2020

"You're too pretty to be Aboriginal" is a shocking statement Sasha Sarago experienced at a young age. In this talk, Sasha shares how she reclaimed her femininity and Aboriginality by redefining beauty. By challenging our concepts of beauty through the eyes of a First Nations woman, she asks - does beauty liberate you, or is it time to decolonise beauty?