Friday, May 31, 2013

Body image fuck off!

"Studies have shown that, across the pay grades, women who weigh less are paid more for the same work and have a better chance of promotion than those who are heavier. In politics, in business and in the arts, accomplished and powerful men are free to get fat and sloppy, but women can expect to be judged for their looks if they dare to have a high-profile job: we’re either too unattractive to be tolerated or too pretty to have anything worth saying. Beauty is about class, money, power and privilege – and it always has been"


I don’t want to be told I’m pretty as I am - I want to live in a world where that’s irrelevant
http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2013/05/i-don’t-want-be-told-i’m-pretty-i-am-i-want-live-world-where-that’s-irrelevant


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