why i dont want to look like a supermodel.

a small quote on beauty from something i was reading last nite:

"the flawless and the glamorous are actually categories of kitsch, and the dominance of these images in marketing has contributed to our societal tendency to confuse these with beauty. the quests for flawlessness and glamour are both self-sabotaging, a premise on which the marketing of beauty depends. these false paradigms of beauty have obscured the fact that human beauty manifests an ideal of balance and health that is neither self-concious nor a consequence of deliberate effort."--kathleen higgins, "beauty, kitsch and glamour"

this is exactly how i feel about beauty as it is seen by far too many people in our society today.

perfect does not equal beautiful.

imperfect equals beautiful.

i am beautiful because i am from the inside out. not because im a size 2 or have perfect skin, teeth, hair. none of those things make someone beautiful. they make someone seem beautiful. and that is the difference.

id rather be beautiful, not seem beautiful.

written @ 9:15 am on 01.03.02
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