What is our Culture's Definition of Beauty?

"But I think the first real change in women's body image came when JLo turned it butt-style. That was the first time that having a large-scale situation in the back was part of mainstream American beauty. Girls wanted butts now. Men were free to admit that they enjoyed them. And then, what felt like moments later, boom -- Beyoncé brought the leg meat. A back porch and thick muscular legs were now widely admired. And from that day forward, women embraced their diversity and realized that all shapes and sizes were beautiful. Ah ha ha. No. I'm totally messing with you. All Beyoncé and JLo have done is add to the laundry list of attributes women must have to qualify as beautiful. Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall butt, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama, and doll boobs. The closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes."

--Tina Fey, Bossypants
(swearing edited out)

That's a pretty accurate description of how we're *supposed* to look, which is totally impossible, unless you're Caucasian, Spanish, British, Asian, Californian, a gym owner, nine-years-old, Michelle Obama, and part doll. Please let me know if this is a pretty good description of your background. If it isn't, well, achieving this is going to take a lot of surgery, makeup, and all sorts of other things. Makeup is fine, but surgery to alter your looks? That's just crazy. Why would you want to change anything about you -- the amazing, epic, awesome you? What? Your nose is too big? Your eyelid droops? Says who? What? It's not like -- can I be hearing you right -- the models in those magazines? Have you ever heard of photoshopping? Next you'll want to get rid of your elbows! Your right arm! All to achieve perfection.


This might just be me rambling. But that, that's just some food for thought. >:D Have a good day.