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How much do we really need to be worried about the effects of blue light on our skin?
True blue colour pigments are not very common in nature, so plants and animals perform tricks with the light to generate their shimmering blues.
The long history of racist beauty standards alone cannot explain the ongoing global use of harmful skin lighteners.
We should be wary of simplified and sweeping explanations about the scope for potential social and political reforms the middle classes can promote.
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