Team Ahimsa Blog Relay, Various Contests

Prettifying the ugliness

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I don't know.

She's very pretty. She's got her full make up and jewellery and has obviously worked on her wardrobe. Yes, I'm jealous because I'm not as pretty, but that's not what this entry is about.

This is about prettifying the ugly.

She's getting an eviction notice, she can't pay her bills. Supposedly she's an ordinary person. So why does she have to be prettified for this video? Why can't an ordinary girl be saying these things? Not believable somehow coming from her.

Is it about sugar coating messages?

Is it about telling ugly people that pretty people go through problems too?

Why this obsession with looks?

I bet this young lady wasn't thinking about people who are about to get evicted, or about those which an alcohol problem, she was thinking about what colour lipstick would look best in the shot and which profile she had to show the camera.

I couldn't relate.