Olivia Soares Pena 

This e-zine is my attempt to digest and cope all of the pretty privilege I experience in my life. I am a mixed-race Cape Verdean girl (I say girl not women because I still have quite a bit of growing to do), therefore, as a tall, athletic, hazel-brown-eyed girl, I have been experienced the benefits for pretty privilege. On the other hand, I am a caramel-skinned, curly-haired woman of color, so I have also experienced the harmful effects of pretty privilege.  I have darker skin than most, but lighter than others. I have curly hair, but not quite kinky. I have been discriminated against, yet placed on a pedestal for the way I look. I have been provided with  a lens into pretty privilege unique to my liminality, and, the older I have gotten, the more I am realizing the importance of critically evaluating the the ways in which “beauty” and its multitude of forms and definitions are repeatedly rewarded in society. By no means are the things I say in this e-zine universal truths, but they are my truths!  I hope that this e-zine will provide just a fraction of the relief and insight for you as it has for me!

Education: Bowdoin College and Pingree School

Nationality: American

Ethnicity: Cape Verdean

Race: Mixed Race

Age: 21 years old

Height: 5’7″

Weight: 141 lbs

Eye Color: Hazel, Brown

Hair: 3B