“This is my face; get used to it.” (Spoken by Annette Bening’s character in the movie, The Women as she walked through Saks Fifth Avenue and after a saleswoman said to her “face lift in a jar?”).
I especially love this, considering that we (women and girls) are constantly bombarded with messages (apart from the Dove ads) that it's not okay to look real - to be natural - to look like ourselves. If we are actually satisfied with how we look, well, we are simply delusional and would look so much better if we just had - pick one, or more - butt implants, cheek sculpting, collagen added to parts of our face and our lips, botox injections to remove frown lines and other wrinkles, a 'perfecting' face cream, vaginal surgery, our private parts fully waxed to remove all 'unsightly' hair, hair extensions, no grey hair, fake nails, bleached teeth, capped teeth, bleached skin, our tummy tucked, our thighs liposuctioned, and our breasts enlarged! (Enough said?)
About Me
- Deborah K. Hanula
- Deborah K. Hanula has a year of Journalism training from Humber College, a Political Science degree from the University of Waterloo, and a Law degree from the University of British Columbia. In addition, she has Diplomas in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Child Psychology, and Psychotherapy and Counselling as well as a Family Life Educator and Coach Certificate and Certificates in Reflexology, Assertiveness Training, and Mindfulness Meditation. She is the author of five cookbooks, primarily concerned with gluten-free and dairy-free diets, although one pertains to chocolate. As an adult, in the past she worked primarily as a lawyer, but also as a university and college lecturer, a tutor, editor, writer, counsellor, researcher and piano teacher. She enjoys a multi-faceted approach when it comes to life, work and study, in order to keep things fresh and interesting. Check out her new book: A Murder of Crows & Other Poems (2023).
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