A new term has been coined, and that term
is woman face.
Someone used the term woman face to describe
james Charles, basically likening it to blackface
and cultural appropraition.
But james Charles had a pretty epic response
to this, and I’m going to tell you what
he said, right now on IO.
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Makeup is becoming increasingly more genderless,
Its no secret that we live in a day and age
where some men and boys wear makeup.
Some men and boys are even becoming the faces
of beauty company campaigns.
A good example is james Charles, who is one
of the new faces of covergirl, who is almost
always the topic of controversy because he
is a male because he wears makeup.
And most recently, james Charles shared a
makeup look on twitter that got an unexpected
reaction.
It said, if black face is racist, whats woman
face?
When are we sisters going to start shaming
people for gender appropriation.
James Charles responded by saying, I could
actually feel the brain cells getting up and
walking out of my head as I read this dumb
ass tweet.
Ooooooh yasss sis.
The tweet went viral and has 240 thousand
favorites at the time of this recording.
It turns out that the woman who wrote the
tweet was actually written by a notorious
white supremacist and neofascist from Canada
named Faith Goldy who incidentally once ran
for mayor of toronto.
By the way, before all the conservatives get
mad in the comment section, Im not saying
shes a conservative, im saying shes a literal
white supremacist, theres a difference.
Faith Goldy isn’t the only person who gives
james charles’ flack for wearing makeup.
I guess, to some degree, some people just
don’t get it because it’s how they’ve
been brought up.
The backlash definitely doesn’t stop james
Charles from selling makeup though.
His eyeshadow palette collaboration was sold
out everywhere.
Interestingly, Men and boys wearing makeup
is actually not a new thing at all.
It goes back hundreds if not thousands of
years.
Gather round kids, historian charlotte will
educate you on this matter.
Dating back almost until 3000BC The ancient
Egyptians wore makeup.
exaggerated eyeliner?
Yeah the ancient Egyptians started that.
Tuthan Khaman wore really heavy makeup and
he’s almost always depicted in artifacts
wearing it.
So it can be reasonably stated that men actually
started wearing makeup before women did.
Then During queen Elizabeth the 1sts rule
in England which was from 1558 to 1603 until
her death, everyone, including men, wore white
face makeup called Venetian Ceruce.
Some men even wore blush and lipstick.
Mimes, gesters and clowns have also worn makeup
for hundreds of years.
David Bowie, kiss and boy George wore makeup
in the 1970s and 80s.
And like come on, kiss?
Those guys are the epitome of masculinity.
I should also mention that male actors also
wear makeup on set, and many of them do it
on a daily basis even when they aren’t shooting.
So why this stigma around men wearing makeup?
After makeup came back into the publics favour
after the 20th century, which was also after
queen victoria’s reign ended, it was marketed
entirely to women.
The only reason why some people in this society
feel that makeup is only supposed to be for
women is because of advertising.
It was never about gender, it was more about
wealth.
The rich wore makeup, the poor didn’t.
Makeup is simply a way for some people to
express themselves.
The saying goes, Imitation 
is the sincerest form of flattery, not mockery.
What about girls that are tomboys?
Are they making fun of men?
No, they just like the way men dress and they
think it’s a great way for them to express
who they are as a person.
What you wear on the outside is a reflection
of how you feel on the inside, remember that.
So there you have it guys, history tells us
that makeup is not just for women.
Damn I never thought I would use that fashion
and costume history university course in real
life but I guess I just did.
That’s all I have for you on that, its time
to respond to some comments.
Wizard plays – great channel, do you guys
feel good about where your channel is going.
Yes we do, thanks for the compliment.
Koko poofles – where did you get that sweater.
Umm ardenes for like $5.
Actually I think it was free.
Buy one get one kinda deal.
Yamil guzman – io the channel that covers
all the best news that isn’t fake.
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