grow up believing that the body they inhabit isn't "good enough" and that they need all this plastic surgery. Plastic surgery has its place in medical procedures, no doubt... crippling deformities, etc. But to get the "fad of the day" image is ridiculous. Lisa was beautiful before she started all the plastic surgery. Today, IMO, she looks like a plastic person - not a female human being.
Years ago, I read an article titled something along the lines of "Ungirdled"... it was about young girls' demands for girdles to shape their bodies the way they felt other people wanted them to look. The author was terrific, and I'll bet if I looked hard enough through all the mountains of articles, etc., that I've saved over the years, I could find it. And if I do, I want to repost it. It hit me as so relevant at the time, and even more so today, now that girls are being driven to this point again. We once were making headway for girls' acceptance of their bodies, and therefore themselves. Like every other milestone we put behind us, this one is again hitting us over the heads. And all for what? For more fat, middle-aged and old men to lust after and rape? It's all so discouraging, seeing our rights, our movement and momentum lost to patriarchy once again.
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