The Appearance Positive (TAP) is a Social Enterprise pioneering the field of Appearance Justice across Africa. We address appearance-based harm not as a cosmetic concern, but as a systemic axis of injustice that determines who is hired, who is believed, and who is protected.
Driven by Appearance Epidemiology and rooted in lived experience, TAP restores the 'Paradox of Ability', ensuring that no individual's social or economic participation is limited by how they are seen. Through our integrated pillars—APi (Research), Appear+ (Support), and the ASWALK Festival (Culture), we move the world from self-erasure to authentic visibility. This isn't about mirrors; it's about doors.
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The Appearance Positive (TAP)
Appearance determines who is believed, who is protected, who is silenced.
Yet we reduce it to beauty.
This isn’t about mirrors; it’s about doors.
Read more: substack.com/@ogomaduewesi/note/c-205436841?r=clyk…
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The Appearance Positive (TAP)
What We Are Actually Building at TAP
We are not just building:
*a support organisation
*a learning institute
*a digital platform
We are building:
A New Justice Category
One that says:
Appearance-based harm is:
*not cosmetic
*not trivial
*not secondary
*not merely psychological
*not reducible to disability
But a distinct axis of social injustice with its own:
*patterns
*mechanisms
*cultural roots
*psychosocial impacts
*systemic expressions
*and solutions
This is what:
*Appearance Justice
*Appearance Positivity
*Appearance Well-being
*Appearance Epidemiology
collectively represent.
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The Appearance Positive (TAP)
Visible differences, some skin conditions, and disfigurement have been grouped under disability, not because they belong there, but because no independent appearance justice framework existed.
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The Appearance Positive (TAP)
TAP is a Nigerian HealthTech social enterprise building appearance positivity and psychosocial well-being across Africa.
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The Appearance Positive (TAP)
Have you ever had to explain your ‘differences’ with patience you didn't know you had?
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The Appearance Positive (TAP)
The fact that an individual would prefer a severe, life-threatening internal disease over the burden of social judgment speaks volumes about the toxicity of Lookism.
The Unseen Cost
"When the fear of exclusion outweighs the fear of death, we stop talking about aesthetics and start talking about a crisis of human dignity. The stigma is the fatal condition, not the skin."
#SkinCondition #TAPMovement #APiInstitute #VisibleDifference #AppearanceWellbeing #StigmaIsFatal #AppearanceStigma #CrisisOfDignity #AppearancePositive #Lookism #PsychosocialHealth
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The Appearance Positive (TAP)
The goal isn't to force love. The goal is to end the civil war in your mirror.
Appearance Neutrality is the ceasefire. It's the foundational shift from self-conflict to self-respect.
This is the work that changes everything. Join the movement redefining worth.
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🌍 Connect: SKAPH.org
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The Appearance Positive (TAP)
You don't have to love your appearance today. Your only job is to stop the war with it.
Appearance Neutrality is that essential ceasefire—the bridge from shame to strength.
It's not about forcing a feeling. It's about ending a fight.
Ready to lay down the weapons? The journey begins here.
👉 Tap Movement www.linkedin.com/company/tapmovement/ , @tap_justice
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The Appearance Positive (TAP)
“We are not teaching people to cope.
We are teaching them to rise.”
We are building the first global voice that centers appearance dignity as a human right.
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The Appearance Positive (TAP)
The right to health (WHO Constitution, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) includes the right to mental and psychosocial well-being. Appear+ is the practical, scalable delivery mechanism for this right. It's not just an app; it's a tool for claiming dignity.
More on Appear+ appearpositive.org/
#Appear+ #AppearPositive #AppearanceWellbeing #AppearanceJustice #TAP #TheAppearancePositive #WHAMandate
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