Pretty People Really Do Have It Better
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Attractive people are more likely to be seen as competent and be hired for a job (Busetta, 2013). They are perceived as smarter and having more social grace (Kanasawa, 2010). They are perceived to have better personality qualities like trustworthiness (Dewolf 2014). They are perceived as kinder (Snyder, Tanke and Berscheid 1977). They are more pers... See more
Saeid Fard • The Greatest Privilege We Hardly Talk About: Beauty
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Although it is generally acknowledged that good-looking people have an advantage in social interaction, research indicates we may have sorely underestimated the size and reach of that advantage.
Robert B. Cialdini • Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion
The default assumption tends to be that it is politically important to designate everyone as beautiful, that it is a meaningful project to make sure that everyone can become, and feel, increasingly beautiful. We have hardly tried to imagine what it might look like if our culture could do the opposite—de-escalate the situation, make beauty matter le... See more
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
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That is because beauty isn’t actually what you look like; beauty is the preferences that reproduce the existing social order.
Tressie McMillan Cottom • Thick: And Other Essays
People aren’t interested or attracted to just “happy” and “beautiful.” They’re interested in people who are interested in things. Who are different-looking. Who have stories, and ideas, and mindsets that mirror and complement their own.
Brianna Wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
It’s adorable to believe we live in a meritocracy, but so much of certain types of success is dictated by everything else besides perceived special talents and abilities. It’s about privilege, and how that privilege gives way to greater access and larger means than are offered those who lack it.
Michael Arceneaux • I Don't Want to Die Poor: Essays
Wealth plays a part in their charm. There has always been a tendency, as both men and women age, to replace the appeals of youth with the appeal of money; when you may no longer impress the world by looking fresh and dewy, you can impress by looking formidably wealthy.
New York Times • The Rise of the Over-50 Fashion Mentors (Published 2022)
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