I consider talent an innate ability, a skill you are born with. Singing, for example, or drawing. Having the right characteristics to model is not a talent, its your appearance. Posing and walking a certain way are not talents either, but learned skills.
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I don't think its that she has more privilege, its that her tone, in her writing and interviews, implies that she considers herself an everywoman... that her very elite and privileged lifestyle, which isn't affordable for 99.999999% of everyone, is somehow the "right" lifestyle that we should strive for. I doubt…
both these girls are gorgeous but looks do not an interesting person make. modeling doesn't require any kind of talent, per say, just good genes and learned skills. also there are dozens of youtube videos of approximately college-aged girls cooking... and seriously why is it always coconut curry? not that its not…
The community where I grew up is 50/50 in this regard... I was lucky enough to be raised in a family where higher education and career aspirations are encouraged, but I did have friends who were encouraged to start their families at a very young age. And yeah, you're right that education is often eschewed for men as…
Yup... there are a myriad of reasons why there are so many stay-at-home mothers near or below the poverty line. There is a huge portion of the US population that is very conservative in their outlook and views pursuing an education/career as inappropriate for women let alone mothers. And as you said... girls brought…
I suspect that "power paunch" only applies to private sector hosses who's careers aren't determined by public opinion. For a politician any avoidable physical flaw (or even unavoidable ones, like being old) is fair game for your opponents to pick apart. Both candidates in the last election were in remarkable shape…
I'd wager that a great deal of this phenomenon boils down to the way that girls are raised: there is a surprisingly high number of women in the US who were raised very "traditionally" in conservative and/or religious families: that is, to get married and start having and raising kids right out of high school while…
ugh I feel your pain. I hate the metallic/bedazzled trend. sometimes it feels like 3/4 of all of the shoes are designed for clubwear... i don't want be a sparkly 5" taller at work. but i have always had good luck with zappos... sorry to hear it has been so tough for you!
I live in a cold climate too (well, cold winters) and people who slim down in the summer months are judged more. if i had a dollar for every "well you sure can tell who only goes to the gym in the summer [not me, natch]" status I'd be retired right now. like fuck you... don't judge me because i don't feel like…
girl, zappos!
if eating entenmann's alone is such a shockingly bad thing...
I have known several people throughout my life who are like this... thin to average women who obsess over every pound and degrade women who are heavier. I have a slight frame and have been known to go up and down by 10-15 lbs or so (I'm a stress not-eater and a happy eater) and its crazy how these individuals always…
my partner and I both work in market research... segmentation and consumer insight research is what I do all day. it is a more complex issue than just WOC (or AA women specifically) spending a lot of money on beauty products. Much more thought and effort goes into selling a product to a certain market than "segment…
that is fair... I haven't read any academic papers, but beauty trends around the world is something i've always been really interested in (sadly I didn't take advantage of all the free literature when I was in college.) I've read a number of essays by E Asian aestheticians and anthropologists who think the whole…
Consumer-facing companies do extensive market research to find out who currently buys their product, who would buy the product with some tweaking, who would buy a conceptual product, etc. so my guess is that this kind of thing does come down to a capitalist issue. the author here really only represents herself— a WOC…
Everything i've ever heard regarding the pale skin trend in Asia is that it, along with a slew of other beauty trends, was imported from Japan where people are naturally paler than on the mainland. Even Japanese women would powder their face to achieve literally white skin. Very pale skin and very black hair has…
i have a bunch of friends that fall into this category as well... "orthorexic" i believe the word is? they are constantly spending money on healthy alternatives to seemingly arbitrary ingredients... gluten, agave, rice, meat... and all it does is raise their grocery bill. i haven't noticed them losing weight (not…
I have an old college friend who I know uses juice cleanses to mask an eating disorder. when she first told me that she was starting a juice cleanse she said outright that it was to prevent her from eating food: "I know that if i allow myself to eat anything i will eat a pint of ice cream." so now she does…
toot toot unpopular opinion time... here we go.
I think part of that is because society gets far more judgey with women than they do with men. Kate fucking Upton isn't immune from the commentary, for chrissakes. when a "normal" women is put on TV (Mama June from honey boo boo comes to mind...) she is equal parts lauded for her bravery to not be smoking hot and…