This post comes a bit late, perhaps after anyone can relate. But last week in the Acorn, i read an article on cosmetic medical procedures. The article was accompanied by a very good, but somewhat disagreeable, drawing of two women's profiles. One looked young and pretty, the other was old, wrinkled, and grandmotherly. The younger-looking face had arrows pointing to various parts that proclaimed "Botox injections" and "chin lift," while the elder face had things such as "50th anniversary" and other pleasant memories.
The article spoke about how the high standard of beauty in today's society is pusing people to try with all their might to look beautiful, and pondered why respect for our elders and the aged beauty and wisdom they posess is at a low. The article asks, "since when is beauty strictly physical?"
I say: "So what?"
Beautiful doesnt mean vain. Attractive doesnt mean unloving. Gorgeous doesnt mean inexperienced.
What's wrong with Botox? or a face-lift? or a boob job? Really, what's wrong?
Beauty can be on the inside, but the ouside is definitely a place beauty should reside. And as if physical beauty has only been put on a pedestal recently! The ancient Greeks were definitely on a level here, not to mention numerous other cultures.
But i digress.
What i really got miffed about was how the article trashed my life's work. You see, i'm at college to go to med school, and my dream is to become a plastic surgeon. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Also, you cant change the standard of beauty with a tyrade of dissent. You can try really hard, but all you'll ever get is mad. Fat is gross. Wrinkles are undesirable. Zits arent rising in popularity either. We have the technology to help people improve their self image and dramatically change lives for the better. And i have to ask: what's wrong with that?

-savagery&grace