Does Hollywood/Los Angeles, and America place unrealistic standards on beauty and age?
I mean, especially in LA. If you’re from let’s say anywhere outside of the country or inland, and u go there, if you were considered beautiful back home, you may be a dime a dozen in LA or even NY.
In these cities, I think that the new norm for beauty is plastic, fake, anorexic, and strange looking clothes.
It’s not enough to look naturally good looking. You have to now enhance it with fake eye color, fake hair color, fake tans, plastic surgery, implants, bright clothes, accessories, all sorts of things.
Doesn’t this city and our country as a whole, place a completely unrealistic expectation and standard for beauty?
Hell, Madonna and older celebrities look MUCH MUCH better at 50, than many average 50 year olds, yet they still get criticized and called old, over, saggy, wrinkled, etc.
Even Britney, Lindsay, Paris, and other mid 20 year olds, get criticized.
So basically, why does our country promote such unrealistic ideals of beauty and aging?
Especially Hollywood.
I mean there are places from within the country where people live simple lives, and everything is just simple.
In LA, and many other cities in this country that are media oriented, getting braces is the norm, and getting fake teeth, surgeries, etc.
It’s basically all about perfection.
At least on the outside.
The motto is, what’s on the outside counts more than what’s on the inside.
And, it’s not enough to look like a girl or boy next door or even be pretty or handsome.
You have to look all that.
I mean, it’s just sad.
Ever go simply to a mall near you? See what many of the people that work there get told to dress and look like.
Go to the MAC counters. regular nobodies, all glammed up to look like big stars, celebs, etc.
I mean, we’re at an age, where,
if you look anything less than perfect, or if you look old,
god help you.
June 10th, 2009 at 6:58 am
Absolutely! Why do you think there are so many people with eating disorders?! (among other things)
June 13th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Yes they do but we shouldn’t put all the blame on that. Anybody can choose to ignore this and be independent, don’t fall for it. I choose to go my own way.
June 13th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Everything that you wrote is so true!! I have lived in LA for the last 10 years and people here go way too far to look great. If you don’t fit in, and happen to be not perfect, or I should say you have not spent lots of money to change the way you look then you really just don’t fit in here. People here are just fake and it seems to me that fake is really in! You have to have the fake breast, be a size 0 and if you are over 40 forget it! But, we don’t have to buy into it and I would never change anything about myself to fit in here. I take good care of myself, but I would never go under the knife to make myself look like too many of the girls and women here look.