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The Anti-Cosmetic Surgery Essay Every Woman Should Read
on keeping women skinny so they don't get too powerful
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Beauty is not good capital. It compounds the oppression of gender. It constrains those who identify as women against their will. It costs money and demands money. It colonizes. It hurts. It is painful. It can never be fully satisfied. It is not useful for human flourishing. Beauty is, like all capital, merely valuable.
Tressie McMillan Cottom • Thick: And Other Essays
forcing women into a state of perpetual self-scrutiny and control.