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The Greatest Privilege We Hardly Talk About: Beauty
Pretty privilege is a form of self-sustaining energy, in that way—all the positive feedback that attractive people receive instills a kind of self-worth in them that they are indeed deserving of everything they desire, which makes their endeavors that much more persuasive. After all, believing in yourself is necessary for others to believe in you t... See more
Sable Yong • Pretty People Really Do Have It Better
But there’s a plot twist: an absence of pretty privilege doesn’t necessarily condemn you to a life less extraordinary. People are dynamic, attraction is fickle, and charm, intelligence, and wit will get you a lot further than looks can (even if you have to put more effort in them). Our appetite for beauty demands some variety, and if everyone looks... See more
Sable Yong • Pretty People Really Do Have It Better
So it turns out that, as unfair as it may seem, symmetry and beauty can result in a more successful career, higher income, more social success, and a potentially easier life.
Ben Greenfield • Boundless
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
We are inexorably attracted to attractive things and not to be aware of this is to overlook a fundamental basic of life. Not sure about that? Then let me give you a little bit of information to reinforce that statement. Statistics show that approximately ninety-five per cent of all adults place a very high premium on facial appearance when evaluati
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