Word: cosmeticize
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Presently, a convoy of black cars purrs up, and out of one appear sensational legs, feet shod in high purple pumps, and a blur of bright pink cheerful enough to part the clouds. The tall young woman who alights smiles radiantly, her carriage plumb line but her head tilted slightly...
Americans, especially women, have become captives of this damaging aesthetic standard. Just consider Julia Roberts. In an earlier era she would have been considered a victim of starvation. "More than 70% of women say they feel fat, but only 23% are truly overweight," says Dr. Arnold Andersen, a psychiatrist at...
The deaths have forced an embarrassed government to acknowledge the sincerity of some of the student's demands. The Cabinet shake-up and an offer of amnesty to a limited number of political prisoners are mainly cosmetic responses; yet even these modest measures will make it more difficult for the...
The beauty myth of Wolf's title is reinforced, she argues, by a global industry worth billions that could be far better used for social purposes; for example, the money spent on cosmetics each year could finance 2,000 women's health clinics or pay for three times the amount...
The same claims were made about Meech Lake, the plan for constitutional reforms supported by Quebec but defeated when two English-speaking provinces rejected its special provisions for the French seven months ago. That caused many observers to fear the breakup of Canada. This time Quebec demands even greater autonomy...