The comparison between Jennifer Grey's career trajectory and today's cosmetic standards really hits diffrent. You nailed how we've normalized these procedures while simultaneusly pretending they're not happening. The class divide you mention is especially sharp when you consider that working folks are subjecting themselves to brutal fitness regimens while elites get Ozempic and call it discipline.
Really great take. I love that bit about employment law - I’m always thinking about how in certain environments, your face card will act as your business card (and by face card I mean the work you’ve had done - by whom, how subtle/dramatic, etc.). It really does feel like getting lip filler or botox is as normal as getting good highlights. And yup, that shit is a bummer.
thanks for reading! i find it jarring how, in the spirit of "solidarity," we're supposed to pretend not to see what's obviously in front of us -- whether it's cosmetic work, rapid weight loss, drastic or subtle changes to one's appearance. the whole notion of "don't judge other people's bodies" is sourced from a time when (affluent) people had less control over them.
if anything, the current market exacerbates preexisting inequality! there's always been the joke that at-will employment means you can be fired because your boss doesn't like your face. so of course this is where we've landed! agh
The comparison between Jennifer Grey's career trajectory and today's cosmetic standards really hits diffrent. You nailed how we've normalized these procedures while simultaneusly pretending they're not happening. The class divide you mention is especially sharp when you consider that working folks are subjecting themselves to brutal fitness regimens while elites get Ozempic and call it discipline.
yo! thanks for reading
Just wait till a shredded, god-like Mark Zuckerberg dunks on Brook Lopez in the NBA Celebrity Game.
lolol
Really great take. I love that bit about employment law - I’m always thinking about how in certain environments, your face card will act as your business card (and by face card I mean the work you’ve had done - by whom, how subtle/dramatic, etc.). It really does feel like getting lip filler or botox is as normal as getting good highlights. And yup, that shit is a bummer.
thanks for reading! i find it jarring how, in the spirit of "solidarity," we're supposed to pretend not to see what's obviously in front of us -- whether it's cosmetic work, rapid weight loss, drastic or subtle changes to one's appearance. the whole notion of "don't judge other people's bodies" is sourced from a time when (affluent) people had less control over them.
if anything, the current market exacerbates preexisting inequality! there's always been the joke that at-will employment means you can be fired because your boss doesn't like your face. so of course this is where we've landed! agh
I second that it’s a bummer. Well said, Pete!
my man!