tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post6416577741492185760..comments2024-03-28T03:13:28.585-04:00Comments on Beauty, and What It Means: Beauty Blogosphere 6.3.11Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-78440115566896327652015-09-06T08:24:04.354-04:002015-09-06T08:24:04.354-04:00Resorts around delhi for weekend, visit resorts ne...Resorts around delhi for weekend, visit <a href="http://resorts.neardelhi.in/" rel="nofollow">resorts near delhi</a><br />Kanikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966970243133786036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-57466606023116348212011-12-09T02:05:59.684-05:002011-12-09T02:05:59.684-05:00Oh my God! So the rumors are true that most cosmet...Oh my God! So the rumors are true that most cosmetics in Nepal are fake. I have to be more careful in buying beauty products. Thank you for the information.Skin Care Reviewshttp://skinbeautyreview.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-77739734154242815922011-06-12T11:32:53.055-04:002011-06-12T11:32:53.055-04:00Hi Miss D.! Interesting to hear the argument made ...Hi Miss D.! Interesting to hear the argument made more firmly than I felt comfortable doing. I feel like I don't really know enough about the Asian experience to say that with certainty (I've only been to one Asian country, and for only seven weeks at that), but I see from your profile that you're a more experienced traveler so I'll sign on! Good point re: tanning beds--it seems like it's the idea of having leisure, yes? Whether that leisure comes in the form of not having to work in the fields...or reclining in tanning beds all day.Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-57368133312312125872011-06-11T14:19:45.017-04:002011-06-11T14:19:45.017-04:00Hi! Very interesting blog :) but i'll have to ...Hi! Very interesting blog :) but i'll have to argue that skin whitening products in Asia have *nothing* to do with racism. White skin has been the beauty ideal for centuries, and by white i dont mean "caucasian", but simply paler, lighter skin. It used to be the exact same in the Western world until only a few decades ago! Pale skin is sinonym of nobleness, of not needing to work outside (or working in general :P) and is/was seen as more graceful, feminine, classy, delicate, etc etc. Skin whitening creams in Asia are just the exact equivalent of the disgusting Western spray tans and tanning beds. <br />I still agree that they are dangerous and horrible, and that the beauty industry is hopelessly racist in general, but this issue is another thing ;)Miss D.http://durgaeyes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-53275056720450799172011-06-05T09:31:08.163-04:002011-06-05T09:31:08.163-04:00Rebekah, I'm thinking it'll take a while b...Rebekah, I'm thinking it'll take a while before we really step out of that mind-set of thinking it's our job to look pretty. I suspect old age will take care of part of that (not that older women can't be beautiful but the relationship one has to beauty likely shifts) and I wonder if, when that happens, I'll look back at my efforts now and be thankful that I tried to give myself a head start on releasing myself from that "responsibility" before it was done for me through the combination of age and society--or if I'll be all, "What were you THINKING?! Why didn't you just lay back and enjoy it!" the way I do sometimes now when I look at pictures of my perfectly pretty high school self and remember thinking I looked godawful.<br /><br />And that fake cafe experiment sounds awesome and also potentially unsettling. It's not quite the same thing, but I remember showing up to a party several years ago at which, somehow, roughly 80% of the women there (including me) were wearing black tank tops, studded belts, and jeans, and had short dark hair. It sort of freaked me out--not that that look is so wildly unique, but it was like, "What wormhole did I stumble through?!" Of course body size is a different sort of beast.Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-9505966685585952852011-06-03T18:37:33.525-04:002011-06-03T18:37:33.525-04:00Thanks for the street cred, Autumn! I love that po...Thanks for the street cred, Autumn! I love that post SO much, and STILL catch myself thinking it's my job to be pretty... bleecchhhh.<br /><br />"I sort of want to build a center for people with body dysmorphia to go in and lay next to mannequins sized to their bodies and see what happens."<br /><br />I once saw an episode of "How Do I Look?" in which a size 16 lady was taken to a fake cafe that was, unbeknownst to her, entirely peopled with other size 16 women. All very contrived, we'll never know what the woman was really thinking... but still interesting.Rebekahhttp://www.jauntydame.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-47553460912747354502011-06-03T08:44:53.055-04:002011-06-03T08:44:53.055-04:00But of course! Thank YOU for writing such a reflec...But of course! Thank YOU for writing such a reflective (get it?! I kill me!) post. (And I didn't just include it because of your kind words about me, I promise! Though that was awesome to read too!)Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-52879382661267216232011-06-03T08:02:20.117-04:002011-06-03T08:02:20.117-04:00Thank you so much, Autumn! What an honor to be in...Thank you so much, Autumn! What an honor to be in a weekly recap post! This just made my day.Cameohttp://www.vergingonserious.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com