The 11 Strangest ‘Resolutions’ From A UK Feminist Conference

8. Motion 510: Eff your beauty standards

“There has been a constant attack on black women’s blackness for centuries,” this motion boldly begins. “Often times their default image has been exploited and left black women feeling like their bodies where [sic] inanimate objects, and hair, a petting zoo.”

This motion plans to fight back on behalf of black women’s blackness by calling for a campaign against any products designed to lighten skin tones. It also call for NUS to set up a workshop to promote “body positivity” among black women.

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