Feminism in Theory and Practice featuring Arabelle Sicardi

With their signature blend of intellectual rigor and poetic sensibility, Arabelle Sicardi in The House of Beauty explores how beauty myths are crafted, sold, and weaponized, from corporate boardrooms to your local nail salon. Equal parts exposé and cultural reckoning, this blazingly original collection of essays cracks open an industry that sells dreams and wields power. A former beauty editor, Sicardi has devoted their entire adult life to the subject of beauty—they have analyzed it, criticized it, praised it, benefited from it, loathed it. Sharp yet tender in their observations, in The House of Beauty, Sicardi challenges readers to reconsider beauty as more than a product of consumption. They invite a vision of beauty rooted in community and self-care, one that transcends industry-driven ideals.

Author Bio:

Sicardi is a Taiwanese American writer exploring beauty, care, and crisis. They’ve written for Allure, Teen Vogue, and The Cut; run the scent collective Perfumed Pages; and founded the Museum of Nails Foundation. The event is organized by Writer in Residence Moira Donegan as part of the Clayman Institute’s Feminism in Theory and Practice series, which welcomes contemporary creators, writers, scholars, and activists whose work challenges gender inequality in urgent and innovative ways.

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