More importantly, you're probably also having a better time, and that's what really matters. But, you know, back to the looking attractive to other people thing because that's what's really most important.
Apparently we needed another survey to tell us that attractive people are treated better?
This excellent, short (hooray!) TED talk from model Cameron Russell is filled with great bits of insight and info. Here's a taste:
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South Korea, which, as the country with the highest number of plastic surgeries per capita is the country Dr. Christian Troy will most likely flee to when he's caught trying to turn all of his patients into versions of his long-lost partner, is starting to become really comfortable with cosmetic surgery. So…
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Two candidates for student body office at Concordia University stand accused of looking "like beauty pageant contestants" in their ads. But that doesn't really seem to be the problem, as far as we can tell. It looks more like these ladies have made the mistake of campaigning while female.
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The firing of a British TV presenter — and her subsequent discrimination lawsuit —has gotten some people talking about an "ageist-sexist" TV culture.
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Nothing is permanent. And everything good goes away eventually. Right? That's life. That's the deal.
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A new book recommends that we prosecute appearance discrimination as strictly as we do racial or gender bias. But is that even possible?
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