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Helena Aeberli's avatar

love the matrix! and a great piece. I think this way of assigning morality has always existed (I wrote a few posts back about the history of makeup and misogyny) but the technically irreversible nature of plastic surgery makes it all the more vitriolic vis a vis a woman’s face coming to stand for her whole existence and justifying or degrading her public position

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Solitary Daughter's avatar

This is such a great framing of the debate, thank you!

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Caitlin Doherty's avatar

wowww love this matrix, appreciative of the visual <3

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Maggie's avatar

Obsessssssssssed with the matrix 🫡 this is one of my favorite ways to consider culture things and I think you nailed it

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Solitary Daughter's avatar

Ah thank you so much! Felt a bit like Charlie with the bulletin board in Always Sunny but I’m so glad it resonated 😩

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Maggie's avatar

that's how you *know* it's getting good!

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Liz Itkowsky's avatar

this graphic belongs in history books.

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Solitary Daughter's avatar

🫶🏼😩 my inner madwoman thanks you

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Steph's avatar

The matrix!! She’s a mathematician 🫡 this is a really, really great point. I am fascinated by plastic surgery culture but it can’t be viewed in a vacuum.

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Solitary Daughter's avatar

omg i definitely still had to google the difference between an X axis and a Y axis but i’m so glad it still made sense 😂

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Laura D's avatar

I still think about the photo of Renee Zellweger in like 2014 where everyone lost their minds and then Owen Gleiberman wrote an entire weird, offside article called "Renee Zellweger: If she no longer looks like herself has she become a different actress?" 💀

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Solitary Daughter's avatar

ah exactly!!! or the pandemonium when Kylie Jenner first got lip filler, in comparison to now when filler is everyyywhere. feels like the goal post is always moving!

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