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Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Saturday, December 5, 2015
When Beauty has Brains...
...it recognizes that all of us are beautiful, that a brain makes you beautiful, that being a good person is beautiful, that image is powerful, and that image is not beauty; it is fiction.
It is a sculpture of a desire. It is a contrived moment.
"Beauty," says the brains, "are not everything: trust me...I'm a model."
Thank you Cameron Russell, for the reminder of what beauty is.
Friday, December 4, 2015
Seek Beauty. Reflect Beauty. Be beauty.
Let people know when you see their beauty.
They might not see it, themselves
...but that moment when they hear it, they become it.
Thanks to Upworthy for sharing this project
from the inner-mind of a high school art student in Chicago.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Little Polka Dot Bikinis...and the cultural norm
I couldn't have said it better! I just saw this incredible blog post by a girl named Jenny Trout basically taking on whatever came her way as a heavy woman who wanted to (and DID) wear a bikini to the beach (albeit freezing cold at a lake)! She's to the point, hilarious, and completely honest. I love it because it translates beyond the "fat vs. skinny" societal crazy and really attacks the cultural norms that we've come to accept and even uphold despite the fact that the "cultural norm" actually isn't quite normal at all! As she mentions, we have begun upholding this idea of "this is perfect, and everything else is not" when the reality is most of us don't fit those "standards" that we have been accepting and projecting.
So, good on you, Jenny Trout! Thanks for reminding us that what's culturally normal is exactly what we are and that being ourselves, and being comfortable in our own skin (and whatever clothes we choose to wear) is of the utmost importance!
So, good on you, Jenny Trout! Thanks for reminding us that what's culturally normal is exactly what we are and that being ourselves, and being comfortable in our own skin (and whatever clothes we choose to wear) is of the utmost importance!
Get inspired, people! Believe in you!
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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