i remember learning about the bizarre things women would (whether voluntarily or via coercion) do to their bodies to be perceived as desirable like elongate their necks as a kid and thinking how strange it’s nice that people just get to be themselves now

lol

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i feel a tirade against the kardashification of the western women bubbling inside me

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my mind blanked that part out. i should get more sleep lol

unfortunately i do thus the lol at a child’s naivety

> it’s nice that people just get to be themselves now

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they should! good job adrienne’s family this will be how it goes in my family as well

I am so grateful I grew up in a family that emphasized natural beauty and believed beauty comes from within. Do people even say things like that anymore?

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ah fair enough. and yes, lip injections, also there's something eyebrow related (is it double eyelids?). would check out korean plastic surgery culture on this, i personally have done no such work, but have read about it

the main thing i’m getting at is these sorts of body modifications seem quite lindy 

lip injections as an example of a modern american one

fwiw, neck elongation, i think still happens, thankfully foot binding doesn't (but in china, there is surgery to make you taller!), and in borneo, ear stretching still occurs.

tattoo culture is also interesting - in japan/korea, this was once frowned upon (no baths for you!), but the younger ones have churned that culture

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They do. But it drives me crazy and I use my foreigner privilege to not participate in it because it’s inhumane!

seems insane in this day in age

I hope that at least make men wear a tie

I kid you not, high heels are part of the dress code in many offices in Japan.

Ha, yes, there used to be such strange standards of beauty! 😅 It's good that now you can just be yourself!