In an excerpt from “Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture” by Janell Hobson, Hobson argues that “the image of black women's bodies in culture is distorted into a similar to the morphing of a person's figure in a carnival mirror," a term she coins as "non-reflective." She continues this metaphor by saying that black female artists must "fight against this process by challenging dominant culture's representation of women's bodies. Black women as grotesque and changing the conversation to one of beauty." It could be argued that Black women are too diverse to be represented by a single image, rather they should strive to be considered individuals free of stereotypes and negative historical connotations. stereotypes, too broad to be accurate, have negatively affected the image of the black female body in the culture. To change the trajectory of this idea in the future, the discussion must be aimed at persuading society that stereotypes are superficial judgments and that women. Black women should be considered as a diverse group of individuals, not as individual elements of a stereotype. composed of a plethora of shapes, sizes, colors and shapes. Some of these images are considered “distorted” in dominant culture, but these distortions are what make each person unique and should be celebrated. Stereotypes, positive or negative, take these "distortions" and assign behavioral attributes to them. This assumes that all people who meet a certain set of physical requirements behave similarly. Due to the diversity of the human race, this outcome is highly unlikely. Despite this, stereotypes are often used to describe a group of people, usually amplifying a negative trait that may not be ... middle of paper ... these pieces were modeled after Saartije Baartman, an African American woman who was turned into an exhibition throughout Europe for the shape of his body. Cox illustrates that large amounts of diversity exist among Black women's bodies. Without wearing these prosthetics, she would not have been able to make her body resemble that of Saatije Baartman. Cox's work is exactly the kind of discussion needed to shift the conversation about Black women's bodies from being considered part of a stereotype to being considered individuals with beautiful differences. This is not a 're-mirroring' of the 'unmirrored', but rather the creation of a new image, free of previous misunderstandings but full of individuality. Stereotypes regarding black women's bodies must be abolished, not reinvented as Hobson suggests in “Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture”..”