The feminist and activist is to be applauded with her choice of charity
Gloria Steinem is the latest face of the newish beauty company the Lipstick Lobby, endorsing a lip balm called In the Clear. “I never wear lipstick,” the feminist activist told Vogue. “But I can support a lip balm.” All profits from the product will go to her chosen charity, the unPrison Project, which works with incarcerated women in the US to improve their lives and prospects during and after imprisonment. Steinem chose the name In the Clear, she said, because “we all have a right to feel ‘in the clear’ regardless of our past”.
Steinem is just one of a number of famous figures endorsing the self-described “social justice movement” brand. Its other products include the lipstick shades Kiss My Pink (its launch, inspired by the election of Donald Trump, with profits going to Planned Parenthood) and Fired Up (which donates to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence).
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