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I saw a disheartening feature story on the news the other night.  It was about the growing number of young women having themselves injected with botox!

An 18 year old and 19 year old were interviewed, among others in their early 20s.  Why are they spending every cent of their part-time jobs on such idiocy?? Because they want to look like those gorgeous stars plastered on magazine covers.

The interviewer asks if they realize the possible dangers of using botox, and they nod and say “Oh yes.But they say I’ll have much fewer wrinkles when I’m older if I start now.”  And when the interviewer points out that the reason stars look so good on magazine covers is because they have famous make-up artists, excellent lighting and excellent photographers who do wonderful touch-ups, they simply nod and say they know.  But still they do it!  They spend thousands of dollars to make their faces imobile and characterless and uninteresting!  (And lets not mention the immoral – as far as I’m concerned – doctors who let them do this.)

What is wrong with us that we have fostered this mind-set in young women???  Millions are starving to death in this world, have no homes, have no means of education, have no medical help, and what do these young women look at?  Not at newspapers, not at TV news…at stars on magazine covers!  As far as I am concerned this says that our society and its education system have failed miserably.  I see in our future many little towns plucked strait from sci-fi films…Stupidville, Idiot Village, Dum-Dum Town…where all you’ll see will be meaningless, unmoving faces that look like walking posters.  How sad.

And three cheers and a loud thank you to those stars who still choose to be real people with real faces….Debra Messing, Susan Sarandon, Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close and Laura Linny among them.  Keep on keepin’ on, ladies, and keep on having faces that show lives have been lived!  It is my strong desire that more of you out there will do the same, and publicize your intelligent choice, so that maybe some of these young women will be able to avoid life in Stupidville!

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Let me make a confession right up front. : i have a little streak of vanity.

Put a nicer way, I take pride in my appearance.I never leave the house without some makeup and I practice a morning ritual of styling my hair.I file my nails and moisturize my skin.I shave and tweeze and primp – .I check myself in the mirror before heading out into the world – .I’ve always been that way and suspect I always will.

A streak of vanity? Guilty as charged.Foolishly attempting to live up to the narrow standard of beauty set by our culture? Not on your life; .Not when I was 20 years old, and certainly not now that I am 50.

Do you ever get the feeling that somewhere out there is a mold of what a woman should look like…and that what you see in the mirror bears no resemblance to that mold? However our standards of beauty have come together, I’m not falling for it.

The lure of beauty is strong, and we’ve got ample tools at our disposal to achieve it – .Some even jeopardize our health.Tanning beds, teeth whiteners, Botox® injections, nose jobs, facelifts, tummy tucks, liposuction, breast augmentation, self-starvation, expensive designer clothing. – ..it boggles the mind.

What is it that we hope to achieve by worshiping at this altar of physical beauty? Perhaps self-esteem… attention… happiness… success? There are far better ways to achieve those.

Physical beauty, even the ultimate shining example of it, changes as we age – .Time and gravity serve no master – .They do what they do regardless of how much we are willing to suffer to slow them down.

In the end, it’s all about you – . : you — the human being who resides within that slightly less than perfect and continually aging body.Then again , who gets to decide what is perfect? Nobody but you.

Every morning I spend a few minutes looking at my reflection in the mirror.Sometimes I like what I see, other times not so much.

I’m 50 years old and I have multiple sclerosis – . : there are great fluctuations in my health status and, therefore my appearance.Sometimes there is a spring in my step, sometimes I need to use a cane, sometimes even the cane is not enough; sometimes I am physically unable to complete my morning beauty routine; sometimes I could pass for 10 years younger, sometimes 10 years older.

I’m not a classic beauty; . : i don’t think of myself as pretty and no one has ever accused me of being cute.Still, I can honestly say that I am an attractive woman — and I’m not even going to say, “for my age.” I’ve never caused anyone to scurry away in horror – .I look just the way I’m supposed to look; .I look like me.

I view myself in much the same manner one would view a piece of fine art; .If I were to concentrate on nothing but the individual parts that make up the whole, I could make quite a list of the flaws – .My nose is too big, my skin is too pale, and my thighs have lost their former firmness.My weight is just right for my height, but I take only a smidgeon of credit for a healthy lifestyle and thank my ancestors for their genetic gift.

I know that I am not alone in my resistance to the standards and gruesome hard work of acceptable beauty; .There are others – many others – who believe as I do.

We ask ourselves why other women continue to subject themselves to torture.Is it peer pressure? Is it for the men? I think a lot of men are as perplexed by it all as I am.Do the insecurities of adolescence remain with us forever? Is it because “they” say we should? That’s the worst reason of all; .Who the hell are “they ,” anyway?

We must come to terms with our inner beauty — our intelligence; our sense of humor; our wild and crazy and passionate selves.

Young women, please take note.Life is an accumulation of our experiences; .I’ve lived the good, the bad, the ugly, and even the ridiculous; .Hopefully , there’s a lot more to come.It all shows in my face, in my mannerisms, and in the way I carry myself.

Rather than attempt to cover my tracks, I prefer to embrace all those experiences that got me here. : physical beauty is fleeting.I primp, but the mold I use is purely my own.I’m satisfied with that.

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