Beauty
The way that our society (in America) defines and portrays beauty is really jacked up...in my opinion at least. This has been on my mind a lot lately. This is not a new revelation and I'm sure it's not news to you...it's just hard to ignore. The first time I really saw how far American ideals of beauty reach was in Thailand, my first trip there. We were in one of their major stores (like a Wal Mart or something here) and I saw "facial whitening cream". WTF? Here in America there are tanning salons on every corner, just like Starbucks. Having golden skin is what you want. Granted actresses like Nicole Kidman have helped people see that pale skin can be beautiful too...but for the most part, we like to be tan here in the USA. In Thailand though, where they have beautiful dark skin from working rice fields, that is not ideal...for exactly that reason, it shows your trade. To be fair skinned is to be royal or high class. Was ...