Tag Archives: Beauty
The Harbinger of Doom, or NOT!
TweetThis is where we were at in my last post: “Now, I hate to be the harbinger of doom (I’m talking to all you younger ladies out there as well), but all women, every single one of us, must face this scenario sooner or later. As we age the popular media gradually villainizes and de-sexualizes us, [...]
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How can the desire to feel/be pretty coexist with beauty?
TweetX-posted from Art of the Possible I did not create this image. I found it in a google image search.If this is your image, thanks for making it. Let’s get one thing perfectly clear: beauty and pretty are not the same thing. A conventionally attractive person is no more guaranteed to be beautiful than a [...]
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“Bad” Feminists Anonymous
TweetHi, my name is Monica and I am a “Bad” Feminist. Do you ever have moments like that? In which your actions or thoughts contradict your feminism? Don’t you wish at times that there was a club in which one could whine about society programming our brains and how difficult it is to reprogram them? [...]
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Two Hours To Beautiful
TweetI remember back in seventh grade, I’d ask girls, “How long does it take to do your hair?” and they’d reply, “I get up at 5am to do it, so like two hours.” Two hours?! Are you kidding me?! I could see 20 minutes to make sure your hair was combed out nicely but two [...]
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Why Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches” Can Do Better