Sliced Wikizine

My initial plan was for this post to be about the rather bizarre and contradictory way womens' bodies are portrayed by the media, and with that in mind I set off to do some research. Three hours later, I still have no post, and also seem to have lost what little self-esteem I did have. My mistake was to venture into the realm of online publications for women, where, in very little time, I discovered I was far too hideous to ever be considered attractive by anyone other than than some desperate Quasimodo look-a-like. No really, it's true! I read all about it in Marie-Claire, Cosmo et al who were kind enough to alert me to a wide assortment of physical 'flaws'. Except, the logical part of my brain tells me they aren’t flaws, (I’ve been complimented on a couple which suggests they are attributes, no?) and that even if they were, it shouldn’t matter. So why does it? Why do I care about living up to some unattainable ideal set by faceless corporations who just want to make money?