i think this photo portrays well all of the effort that goes into looking good when you just end up looking ridiculous and paying insane amounts of money on a crazy dress that doesn't fit, is uncomfortable, you will never wear it again, and you'll just get a stain on it anyway (it is only temporary).
the definition of beauty has become something that i am re-evaluating daily. will shaving my legs, wearing makeup, and buying "nice" clothes really make me happy? or am i just buying into the lie. the lie that i have to buy these products to feel good about myself...to be presentable...to be legitimate or professional...to attract the opposite sex (this is a big one). advertisements for products claim to provide these things, but God can fill the wholes that products can't.
truthfully, i may buy into these lies more than i'd like to think that i do.
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Strange of you to post this, because today I was just googling info on why and when women starting shaving. From what I read it is almost undoubtedly due to marketing schemes in the early 1900's - kicked off by an ad by Hall & Ruckel for depilatory powder featuring a woman with shaved pits calling underarm hair "objectionable." Supposedly the mass conformation occurred during WWII. Since 1/2 the population (men) was away at war, razor companies had to market their razors to women, with posters featuring women like Betty Grable with smooth legs.
God made me with hair. He also made me with fingernails that must be trimmed. So I'm a little conflicted however, I disagree with the mindset that they must shave because "men like it."
- or also bc it's "disgusting." That's just socialization speaking.
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