Viivi

“let women get plastic surgery!” is such a cold take like please think critically for once and stop trying to turn it into an empowerment movement for women. growing up arab, i have several cousins who were pressured into getting a nose job since it’s so normalized in my culture and i’m constantly shamed by my family members for not considering it. it’s hurtful and awful especially now with facetune and snapchat filters making your nose look more narrow 

i didn’t realize this morning rant gathered some notes until now so i’ll add on to this. plastic surgery companies capitalize on the insecurities of women of color and it’s based on racist beauty standards it should never be glorified

people in activist movements are constantly getting these concepts confused. “let’s not jugde a person for doing this” is not the same as “this is empowering”. I don’t see how women or anyone getting preassured into undergoing invasive (and expensive) procedures to fit a beauty standard could ever be considered empowerment