On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Anthony Farr <[email protected]> wrote:
>> WHY??? >> > > Because there's a demand in the marketplace. Go figure. Funny thing about beauty contests, especially those for youths or very young children: rather than celebrate diversity it seems that the aim for most contestants (presumably fuelled by the choices of the judges) is to be as homogeneous as possible. Sexualizing young girls with makeup, "adult-looking" hair and skimpy outfits seems to win contests. Full, red, pouty lips and great big velvet-painting-like eyes seem to be a goal. These horrendous photoshop monstrosities are simply taking these goals to their extreme. Obviously they're being used for promotional material for these professional beauty pageant entrants. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
