“But I think the first real change in women’s body image came when JLo turned it butt-style. That was the first time that having a large-scale situation in the back was part of mainstream American beauty. Girls wanted butts now. Men were free to admit that they had always enjoyed them. And then, what felt like moments later, boom—Beyoncé brought the leg meat. A back porch and thick muscular legs were now widely admired. And from that day forward, women embraced their diversity and realized that all shapes and sizes are beautiful. Ah ha ha. No. I’m totally messing with you. All Beyonce and JLo have done is add to the laundry list of attributes women must have to qualify as beautiful. Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama, and doll tits. The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes.”
—Tina Fey, the absolute worst
January 2013
1 post
December 2012
12 posts
‘Content’ would be an understatement to describe how I’m currently feeling about things. It’s not the Christmas holidays that have gotten me in this mood (although it definitely plays a minor role). I’m finding there’s just so many things in life to look forward to that I haven’t before. Despite my current realization, this is no excuse to be neglecting my paper due tomorrow.
November 2012
12 posts
“It’s like I always tell the girls, never take it seriously, If you never take it seriously you never get hurt, never get hurt, always have fun & if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit all your friends.”
—Almost Famous
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My Best Days - Lana Del Rey
October 2012
50 posts
“When you meet the right person, you know it. You can’t stop thinking about them. They are your best friend, and your soulmate. You can’t wait to spend the rest of your life with them. No one and nothing else can compare.”
—How I Met Your Mother
“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
—Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
I’m looking forward to Saturday with Jessica. Mainly because we’re getting sushi and seeing Sinister, even though I will probably cry throughout it. Sinster I will cry through, not during sushi. After that who knows, probably just immature things because that’s what we’re good at.
What is your favourite band?
Camera Obscura, especially their album My Maudlin Career which I recommend to EVERYONE!
