Memoirs of a Working Girl
Personal essays, ruminations, cultural commentary, and fashion reviews. Things on my mind and in the world.
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Love or Lust? The Pretty Privilege Bell Curve (opens the original)
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I recently saw a TikTok where a woman plotted quality of life against beauty on a scale of 1 to 10. Her question was simple: is the relationship actually a straight line, or is it more of a curve that peaks somewhere around a 6 to 8? Pretty privilege is not a new concept but maybe our understand of it is. Especially in this age of social media.The internet tends to treat pretty privilege like it’s linear. The prettier you are, the better your life. More attention. More opportunities. More admira
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