tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post5086520434392881251..comments2024-03-28T03:13:28.585-04:00Comments on Beauty, and What It Means: Beauty Privilege: Can We Talk?Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-42084088710579142752012-12-31T04:03:48.608-05:002012-12-31T04:03:48.608-05:00A very exciting post! And beautifully articulated ...A very exciting post! And beautifully articulated as well! Very good!<br />Salonhttp://www.puritysalon.com/contact.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-92120801448247387982012-11-28T15:53:30.249-05:002012-11-28T15:53:30.249-05:00Many of us are striving for perfection, where beau...Many of us are striving for perfection, where beauty comes in just one snap. Some prefer to manage themselves naturally rather that undergoing into plastic surgery. Well, we can’t blame them for choosing natural treatments over plastic surgery, everybody has a choice anyway. What matters most is, we are aware of the “pros and cons” of what we choose. Amanda Winstonhttp://www.buzztalkland.com/author/awinston.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-237598899909614782012-10-17T02:15:20.372-04:002012-10-17T02:15:20.372-04:00Nice blogs..I got more ideas about the beauty priv...Nice blogs..I got more ideas about the beauty privilege..thanks a lot...Beauty barhttp://www.riveroaksbeautybar.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-32283163644228654922012-10-13T15:03:43.611-04:002012-10-13T15:03:43.611-04:00Like most women, I feel like I have features that ...Like most women, I feel like I have features that draw beauty bias in both a negative and positive way. For instance, I have blonde, curly hair. I get a lot of comments like "Oooh! Are those curls natural? How cute! You look like Goldilocks!" which I don't necessarily mind (unless I'm trying to project an aura of authority or power). But I also get a LOT of "Oh, you're just a dumb blonde" if I make any sort of wrong or stupid comment. I get a lot of dumb blonde jokes, and the joke-teller always seems to think I'll find them hilarious. And if I don't, then I just can't take a joke. As a college student, sometimes this can make group projects hard, since I feel people tend not to listen to my opinion as much as they do others in the group. I sort of look like everyone's little sister - you know, cute, short, goofy. And while I do have those traits, I'm also intelligent enough to have made it to my junior year of college with a solid GPA. I dunno. <br /><br />This is a bit uncomfortable for me, talking about how seemingly positive aspects of my appearance or demeanor can set me back in certain situations. I never want to come across as insensitive or aloof. :/ Jesshttp://nakedsquid.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-64652208136379879062012-10-13T11:28:39.567-04:002012-10-13T11:28:39.567-04:00I like this post. I don't know how helpful it ...I like this post. I don't know how helpful it is to see the apparent distinction between different types of beauty, because it's all so arbitrary? Not quite the right word, but everyone likes different things. Media propagates a certain 'ideal', but there's porn media and clothing industry media, and movie industry, so you can have a thin body and a big rack, no rack, linear frame, or a small body big head, but you'll always not be something that is 'the beauty'. <br /><br />Now my story: In the movie theater line, I stood aside an acquaintance of mine who is a certain beauty, blonde, blue eyes, tall, rack of questionable origin. I myself am more elfin, red hair, teal eyes, more striking than beautiful maybe, but still, at times I turn heads. A new line opened, and I stepped up, to get my ticket, to get my popcorn. The man, glared at me, then looked longingly over my head at the blonde, ogling her while he serviced me. I thought it was really quite hilarious because it was so blatant. Does she notice this sort of thing? I'm sure she gets shafted too though because there is no ideal for everyone. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007670030017811522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-74695684543195146352012-10-10T13:58:56.302-04:002012-10-10T13:58:56.302-04:00Beautiful and articulate - if I could cosign this ...Beautiful and articulate - if I could cosign this I would :) Thank you for the shout-out to our work and for so clearly speaking to this nebulous beauty privilege we must address now and again. You are amazing!! AMAZING! Beauty Redefinedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11732438046121011658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-90274995992100542432012-10-10T13:28:03.527-04:002012-10-10T13:28:03.527-04:00Great post as always. I came across a post on tumb...Great post as always. I came across a post on tumblr this morning about a 12 year old girl with an IQ of 162 that was accepted to Mensa and before I could wonder if there was more info on her besides the blurb below her photo I saw this comment: "but does she have good p***y". Never mind that she is only 12 and smarter than most tumblr users she has to be "put in her place" somehow. Ugh. I know tumblr is populated mostly by teenagers but that comment infuriated me just the same. <br /><br />I wish that sites like yours and beauty redefined were more widely read...The world would definitely be a better place. <br />~MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-32367968440936525992012-10-10T10:30:15.323-04:002012-10-10T10:30:15.323-04:00Love this post!
That being said, isn't beauty-...Love this post!<br />That being said, isn't beauty--the definition of beauty--tied up with sexism, racism, ageism and to an extent classim too? <br />I don't know whether the beauty bias helps me or works against me (probably both; I'm tall and people say I have some pretty features, but I'm also fat, hirsute, and frumpy) but most recently, I became acutely aware of the beauty bias when I realized my alabaster-skinned lithe-bodied friend who speaks in an American English accent (raised abroad and educated in a posh school; pretty big thing here in the subcontinent, sounding like an 'angrez') not only got more food at the cafeteria in the same amount of money, but rickshaw drivers would practically fall over themselves for the privilege to drive her anywhere she asked, regardless of the price she was willing to pay.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14826394685969425790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-23922858272447993362012-10-10T10:14:56.198-04:002012-10-10T10:14:56.198-04:00Good post, solid points. Earlier in my life this ...Good post, solid points. Earlier in my life this would have depressed me, but now I no longer think of humans as rational beings. We (both genders) are warped in how we view each other and use superficial information to base ostensibly rational thoughts.<br />Shybikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15263331247319768989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-19494389080465119282012-10-10T09:43:24.849-04:002012-10-10T09:43:24.849-04:00I hear you on this whole post. I am fairly upfron...I hear you on this whole post. I am fairly upfront about the fact that I have a lot of what you term "beauty privilege" and yet I know that owning this also leaves me open to charges of narcissism and being conceited. It's a Catch-22 - do everything you possibly can to be considered beautiful, but don't EVER acknowledge it.<br /><br />Anyway, I have been thinking a lot about the response the Kite sisters have gotten, especially in context of bodies/body image. In the past I have admitted to having some anxiety over my body, and it has been greeted with incredulous responses, like how could I, a thin white woman, possibly understand what it's like to have body anxiety? What I try to remember - and I think it's relevant to your post as well - is that the "beauty game" is rigged against everyone who plays it. Even the women held up as exemplars aren't good enough and require photoshop, plastic surgery, tremendous amounts of self-maintenance, etc. No one is good enough. We all fall short. And then if you do manage to extricate yourself from the game, you either lose privileges or you hear about how this makes you suspect as a person. In this environment, it's a wonder that any woman (and increasingly, man) feels good about the way they look.<br /><br />Sorry for the long-ass comment...I've just been stewing on this for a while.Caitlinhttp://fitandfeminist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com