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 __ Beauty in America __

Long hours she sat looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret of the ugliness, the ugliness that made her ignored or despised at school, by teachers and classmates alike." (The Bluest Eye, p. 45)



What has this country succumbed to when "beauty" is symbolized with women who do not look healthy?

  Can you guess which image is distorted?  

"I can't go to school no more. And I though maybe you could help me." "Help you how? Tell me. Don't be frightened" "My eyes." "What about your eyes" "I want them blue." -Tony Morrison, The Bluest Eye



Women are forced to believe that they need to "fix" their bodies through plastic surgery to become "beautiful"


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"Frightened by all the Shirley Temples of th ****e world" **
 * (Pg 19 Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison) ** [[image:Dove_ad_girl-1.jpg width="288" height="348" align="left"]] [[image:jessica_simpson.jpg width="308" height="348"]]

This is a picture of Jessica Simpson, a "modern day Shirley Temple."

In America, blonde is associated with beauty. The blonder you are, the more "beautiful" you become.

In America there is a HUGE industry for diet and makeup products.







**But there are people aware of how deceiving "beauty" can be. For example, Dove: **

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Christina Aguilera's Lyrics to "Beautiful" <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 330%;">

You are beautiful no matter what they say Words can't bring you down You are beautiful in every single way Yes, words can't bring you down Don't you bring me down today...

<span style="color: #51ff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 208%;"> Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ~Kahlil Gibran <span style="color: #51ff00; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">

**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Let's learn how to love the way we look. **

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