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the right hairstyle for your face is the one that makes you smile when you see yourself in the mirror btw.

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Niagara Falls. Niagara : falls, river, frontier. 1903.

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Girl and Dancing Fairy Ring

Artwork found with poem "Hilltop" in "Child Life" March, 1938. Poem by Nancy Clinton. Artwork by Dorothy G. Henderson.

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stop the madness no more nose jobs

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The radical feminist critique of makeup always seems lacking. Its core issue is not that it's "a waste of time and money" or even that it is "appealing to the male gaze," these are merely symptoms. The core problem is that it is a normalized performance, an extreme performance now. Women do not look like that. Whatever form of makeup, whatever item, whatever style, women do not look like that.

And that alone isn't necessarily bad, but when it is such an extreme normalized performance found everywhere especially in media, it becomes a problem. We are presented performance as standard beauty, as basic femininity. With plastic surgery and filter and retouching added on top (and bras and shaving) This leaves women not knowing what other women really look like. It wounds women's self perception. And it makes men stupid and not know what women look like (and therefore leads women to performing it for the male gaze.)

And you know it's gotten bad when you go back and watch older media, and you see women who would be considered ugly now, be considered absolutely beautiful or a sex symbol then. It's a weird trip to see how far beauty culture has gone. What would have been considered CLOWNISH then is standard now.

And what radical feminists miss is that it is not simply the act of putting colors on the face that is an issue, really. I really see no feminist issue with, like, eyeshadow, lipstick, or even eyeliner. The worst of makeup is concealer, contour, overlined lips, and brow filling to be honest. And the fact you have to be able to do ugly ass Kim K drag makeup to be considered a baddie now is so profoundly ridiculous that how can't you be like, no thanks lmao I don't look like that.

And I understand that makeup is a skill that women work hard on and put so much time and effort into to make look good and that is a talented achievement. It is an artistic skill that requires a steady hand and knowledge of colors and face shape. But that really doesn't dismiss the harm beauty culture has done to women. Just like how coding a filter is talented and skillful but we all acknowledge the harm that is doing to women.

And it's not going to be better until we are no longer "shocked" by those pictures and videos of celebrities/porn actresses/influencers being shown with no makeup and everyone is either disgusted or feels better about themselves. Like ideally the reaction would be neutral. We should KNOW what women look like.

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I feel as if I will always be the kid no one wanted to play with

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Always loved the Land of Misfit Toys segment in Rudolph and something about King Moonracer felt like the world was so much bigger and we were only scratching the surface with the lore. Like what’s his deal? There are winged lions in this world and there’s no explanation? Is there a Christmas song with one in it that I don’t know about? He just shows up and everyone is very chill about it.

Happy holidays folks.

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@yaoi-kudasai had these cute Polly Pocket lights

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God’s Year by Piotr Stachiewicz (Polish, 1858–1938)

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