We don't talk about beauty anymore. No, do not deny it. You may say, oh this dish looks beautiful or caught up in internalised sexism, comment, oh what a beautiful woman! But, what do we actually mean when we say these things? Beautiful compared to what? Who is to determine what is beautiful? What if I disagree? We enter a minefield. When one talks of beauty, one is immediately bombarded with comments of self-determination and self-opinion and individuality. Therefore, we don't talk about beauty. Yet, somehow, we continue to give it worth.
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