Beauty is Only Skin Deep

[pyratelady]

There's a blogger who's been getting a fair amount of love on FB lately. First he wrote an essay about being bullied in school. Then there was "You just broke your child. Congratulations." Both were hard to read.

And now there's "Worthless Women and the men who make them."Okay. His heart is definitely in the right place. And he means well. But I

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[pyratelady]

Well, it's possible that the new chick is trying to be funny like Stacy London on What Not to Wear. I love her (Stacy) because I think she's hilarious, and you know I have a weakness for the snark. I think Jeannie (How Do I Look) is actually less mean than Stacy, but not as sweet as Fiona. And honestly, when Jeannie laughs at some of those clothes... well, most of the time they're pretty awful.

You'd be great on How Do I Look because I think you'd laugh your way through it... it's possible to go through that show's process and just have fun. I think it gets personal only if the makeover guest allows it to. I mean, when the guest cries when they throw out an old ratty sweatshirt... come on, it's just a piece of clothing, not an album of old family photos.

I think people sometimes lose perspective. Why not just have fun with it? Why not look a little better if you can? (without breaking the bank or losing your mind, of course)

And if I were an accomplice, I would have fun with it too. I would use an extremely light touch... I would NOT go into the "you'll feel better about yourself / people will treat you better" psychological bullcrap. Because it's just clothes, and it's just fashion, and it should be fun, in my opinion.