tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post692042762825509398..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: "The Beauty Myth," Part IIPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-36315260091611558222013-05-17T09:26:21.743-04:002013-05-17T09:26:21.743-04:00Autumn,
1) For some reason, I'd find it far l...Autumn,<br /><br />1) For some reason, I'd find it far less problematic if cellulite were a 'what virtually all women look like' thing that women might wish they could change (as with wrinkles - virtually all men and women <i>will</i> have them if they don't already), than, as it stands, with it defined as something one gets if one isn't taking care of one's self. That might seem like a pointless distinction, but I think it's important. <br /><br />2) That's really interesting. I wonder what the researchers make of the tendency of the very same women to do a bit of each, though. Personally, if I use nail polish, this is adornment. Concealer, well, I'd think this would be to conceal. Eyeliner? A bit of both - it's fun to look 1960s, but also to look awake.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-31063266815106183372013-05-17T00:11:42.791-04:002013-05-17T00:11:42.791-04:00Two comments:
1) I remember reading about cellul...Two comments: <br /><br />1) I remember reading about cellulite in women's magazines (maybe even teen mags, egads) as a teenager, and they'd inevitably describe it as "cottage-cheese-looking" and then assure you that everyone has it, but that, yes, of course it can be lessened. From the cottage cheese thing I assumed cellulite must be some horrible wretched malformation--certainly not something I'd ever seen on women, and certainly not something I'd ever had. It wasn't until the internet when I thought to do a search for "cellulite" that I realized I'd had it all along.<br /><br />2) I recently ran across some interesting research about the "self-adornment" vs. "concealing" thing in makeup, and this study was testing to see if women who described themselves as doing one or the other matched up in other major personality traits (extroversion/introversion, neuroticism, etc.)--and sure enough, they did. I'm not entirely sure what to make of that except to say that if these are two different "types" of women, the beauty industry is doing a fantastic job on marketing to both.Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.com