I didn’t care that this one was two years old. I still gobbled it right up. Or, to borrow some words from the article:
I started lightly spiralling.
The beauty/fashion industry scares me. I’m not embarrassed to enjoy reading about it, but maybe I should be? Not all of this applies to men, but some of it does. Earlier this year, I tried to triple-down on self-care while obliterating all self-consciousness, ego, and superficiality. I feel like it was a good experiment, but not a good way to live: dandruff, unruly facial hair, etc. So, now I’m trying to find the middle ground. In 2020 I’d like to feel good and look good, which, I think, ultimately, have a lot of overlap. It helps that I’m not on social media and almost never see ads. It keeps me in touch with more primal forms of beauty, rather than whatever “the industry” is currently hucking. Sometimes, now, when I see magazine covers at grocery stores, I think that’s in now?! I guess uncool is always going to be cool. Out-of-the-loop, in a way, is the ultimate victory.
Also, I need to read Sontag beyond On Photography.
I didn’t care that this one was two years old. I still gobbled it right up. Or, to borrow some words from the article:
The beauty/fashion industry scares me. I’m not embarrassed to enjoy reading about it, but maybe I should be? Not all of this applies to men, but some of it does. Earlier this year, I tried to triple-down on self-care while obliterating all self-consciousness, ego, and superficiality. I feel like it was a good experiment, but not a good way to live: dandruff, unruly facial hair, etc. So, now I’m trying to find the middle ground. In 2020 I’d like to feel good and look good, which, I think, ultimately, have a lot of overlap. It helps that I’m not on social media and almost never see ads. It keeps me in touch with more primal forms of beauty, rather than whatever “the industry” is currently hucking. Sometimes, now, when I see magazine covers at grocery stores, I think that’s in now?! I guess uncool is always going to be cool. Out-of-the-loop, in a way, is the ultimate victory.
Also, I need to read Sontag beyond On Photography.