hope everyone has a good Friday ❤️

mashibeans · 2021-06-11T23:11:02+00:00

Yes! I drive regularly through a street, and there's two separate, giant ads for wrinkles, that say "it's all fun and games... until a wrinkle appears" and they have this crazy young female model with a sad face checking out a nonexistent wrinkle!

Fuck that shit. I now declare wrinkles are a symbol of perseverance. We got to this point in life, one way or another. Celebrate those wrinkles, goddammit!

top_of_the_stairs · 2021-06-11T23:25:22+00:00

I feel this hard. My relationship with makeup is so warped... I love putting it on, but also have worn it to work almost every workday at every job for, jeez, almost decades. The thought of not wearing it to work is so randomly hugely anxiety-inducing.

I'm just so sensitive to hearing "Whoa, you look exhausted" & "Oh no, are you sick?" over & over 🤦‍♀️

SarcasmSlide · 2021-06-12T00:42:09+00:00

It’s psychological warfare, and it’s done for the dollars.

lansburysoda · 2021-06-11T22:26:07+00:00

Imagine if men had commercials like these. It would immediately be seen as degrading. Now imagine how they see us.

zazaleaz · 2021-06-11T22:52:04+00:00

The one that's getting me lately is "puffy face". I have a few health issues that cause others to stress about "puffy face" or "moon face". Tbh I'm not convinced it's even real. Never has a man ever complained about this and I've never noticed it on myself but some women on these health issue subs are driving themselves crazy over it almost every day.

shockingupdate · 2021-06-11T23:39:21+00:00

i feel fairly comfortable existing as i am, since corporations rarely target women of my race or skin tone. (not including outside of the media.) but still, it’d be really fucking nice to not need to know What Men Want from us every single time i look at a screen or billboard.

Loveyouguysbut · 2021-06-12T05:53:09+00:00

Did anyone see how rabid the media went for the female cast members of “Friends” at their reunion? I’m not a huge fan but I felt I had to watch it - just because the reviews were focused on faces and were also cruel. Sure enough-the girls were held up to a way higher standard than the guys. (The programme was cringe, but I thought they all looked good, but in the press the women were singled out).

daisy_0720 · 2021-06-12T06:09:44+00:00

If society is so desperate for us to stay looking young and beautiful, there is literally only one thing they should be telling us:

DUMP HIM.

Helpful_Stock · 2021-06-12T01:01:55+00:00

Unfortunately many pickmes also promote and feed into this type of thing too. It's 2021, It saddens me that woman are still snarking on each other for not being societies idea of "attractive." I also wish self-depricating humor about one's attractiveness could be a thing of the past too. "Uhh omg I've put on two pounds, I have a spot on my face, I'm so ugly at the moment tehehe" Please, stop. All its doing is making the woman your talking to more self- conscious of the spot they have on their face and the pounds they have gained, too. It's Time to normalize woman liking themselves and being confident. Positivity breeds more positivity. Stop letting society, media and men have the control about how woman should feel about themselves.

Ok_Passenger_5717 · 2021-06-12T07:01:18+00:00

It's not even an unnaturally pretty model, it's a model that happens to tick the most boxes when it comes to the expectations society has at the particular time period and place about appearance. Real beauty transcends the beauty standards.

Not to mention heavy photoshop, video editing, professional make up, corsets, professional lighting, and the model knowing how to pose and the exact angles that appeal to the audience the most because, duh, it's her job.

azureangel35 · 2021-06-12T03:17:00+00:00

that hits.

ms_monquis · 2021-06-12T15:42:10+00:00

This is why curation is so important.

How many times have you seen someone complain about something they choose to consume? I'm not talking about the ever-present ads and things we really can't avoid, I'm talking about people who choose to follow instagram/twitter/tiktok/whatever content that is doing this. If you're a straight woman with an IG full of strange women's asses, WHY? Or FB full of people you don't know or don't like? Or tiktoks of a thousand women (and men) showing you how to look like an on-duty drag queen? Aspiration is one thing; self-flagellation is another.

I'm not saying this constant barrage is our own fault, I'm just suggesting to be conscious of what you're putting into your brain. If you want an IG gloriously replete with kittens and rescued goats, you can do that! Our media choices have never been broader — take advantage of it. (And trust me, the people pulling the strings notice.)

Title	hope everyone has a good Friday ❤️
Author	d33n3r_
Upvotes	1325
Comments	34
Date	June 11, 2021 8:18 PM UTC (5 years ago)
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