Some thoughts to follow up on later (swiped unashamedly from Amanda's postings) - meditations on body image (fat/thin - relativism), the idea of asian women (or hell - any women of color) wanting to look caucasian (eye surgery, hair color, clothes, etc.). Are there any cultures that are more/less susceptible to that (I'd guess black women would be less susceptible than asian, but that's a guess). I'd be curious how the "ideal" woman's shape has evolved (devolved) over the last 50 years - I'm sure it's gotten thinner, but I'm beginning to wonder if body styles go in and out of vogue (in some old movies you can tell the era not only by the clothes, but by what body style was "in"). I'm sure there's a book or a documentary out of all of this.... must ponder more...
Posted by cshell at July 15, 2003 12:06 AM