Empowerment, Beauty, and the Shifting Paradigm: A Reflection on Standards
When you throw away the concept and the dimension of time, you’ll find that the effort put into grooming yourself is a futile endeavor, contributing to the perpetuation of the “halo effect” ideology. We cannot be blind to the innovations in chemistry, pharmaceuticals, marketing, etc., that contribute to shaping our world in this way. Transforming someone from unattractive to beautiful is a form of empowerment. Much of the progress and growth appears empowering, until it becomes mainstream....