12 Comments

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

Expand full comment

wowww love this matrix, appreciative of the visual <3

Expand full comment
Jan 29Liked by Solitary Daughter

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

Expand full comment
Jan 29Liked by Solitary Daughter

this graphic belongs in history books.

Expand full comment
Jan 29Liked by Solitary Daughter

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.

Expand full comment
Jan 29Liked by Solitary Daughter

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?" 💀

Expand full comment