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Blog #13

I think Armstrong’s statement “To regard beauty as a luxury adornment or a social signifier was to miss the true potential of the experience” is a very insightful statement. I think that especially in today’s younger generations people can get caught up in what others have and social status. Although I notice it more and more in younger generations this has been a theme in childhood for years. In the pivotal years each individual experiences such as middle school and high school, there is always the more popular kids. They tend to be looked up to by their peers because of what they have and how they dress rather than you they are as people. This can be applied to Armstrong’s statement because they can be considered beautiful for their luxury items or social status instead of how they treat others or their personality.

In the world of social media today it is hard not to get caught up in the idea that beauty looks like the people who are getting the most attention on social media platforms, especially Instagram. Armstrong hits on this point when he states, ” Like many people today, Schiller worried that beauty was too connected to social status” (5). In the world of social media social status can be seen based one’s social media following. However there are people on these platforms that are standing up against this one size fits all beauty standard and campaigning to let everyone they are their own definition of beautiful. Going past this idea of physical beauty though, when I think about beauty I tend to think more about a person’s personality and how they make those around them feel.

 

1 Comment

  1. elishaemerson

    Oh, I love the idea of looking for beauty on the internet? Where can you find it, and how can you use it to make the internet a better place?

    3/3

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