Ami Zota studies how racialized beauty norms expose women of color to toxic chemicals in skin lighteners, hair relaxers, and other products. This fall, she joined the opening-night of a Braodway play and found an answer her data never gave her.
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A beauty justice scientist walks onto a Broadway stage. Here’s what happens next.
Colorism, skin bleaching, and toxic chemicals have shaped my research for years. Seeing them on stage changed how I think about telling that story.