[identity profile] henriksdal.livejournal.com 2010-06-22 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Beauty is subjective, we all find different things beautiful. The issue is that a certain type of someone's perceived beauty, extrapolated to impossibility, is a standard of beauty we should all aspire to but one which we should all aspire to desire, also. Even though it is physically impossible.

[identity profile] momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com 2010-06-22 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Precisely. It's the notion that we should all aspire to it. And yes, there is much wider variance in what's perceived to be beautiful than what the media shows us and what we feel we accept.

But Andrew Lloyd Webber is plug ugly by anyone's standards.

[identity profile] luckylove.livejournal.com 2010-06-23 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
But Andrew Lloyd Webber is plug ugly by anyone's standards.
I know someone who proves that statement is wrong.