Look Mommy I'm a Porn Star!

Bet that got your attention. If not maybe this will: http://www.newsweek.com/id/191247?GT1=43002

I already knew society was falling into the cesspool of cocky humans who think if you cannot be beautiful then life is not worth living. Now over-pretentious parents are dressing up their children to look like porn stars and Barbie dolls to be paraded and dragged around like toys. Okay I'm being a little unfair here. Even porn stars and Barbie have some dignity. These parents are forcing everything they couldn't be onto their children. Not only that, they are teaching them that beauty is everything and that they cannot be anything else BUT beauty queens. I mean sure it's fun to be pretty and try out mommy's make up and such, but this is ridiculous. You can argue whatever point you want, but even if the child seems to love it...they don't know anything else. They are taught to be shallow and intolerant. When the ones you look to for support are telling you that you must be prettier and better than everyone else, that's all they are going to think in the future. Then people wonder why there is so much bullying and violence and discontent in schools and workplaces.

I think of my childhood and none of this was forced on me. Influences everywhere told me I had to have pretty hair, wear make up, have the right clothes etc. I experimented with make-up and such, but I chose to have an actual childhood rather than spend hundreds of dollars and hours on being something that I'm not. I think this is because my parents told me that beauty was nothing...false, a scam, something that people did indeed have, but were not required to have. This never meant I shouldn't care for myself and take care of my body. This did not mean that I should go to school or work with hair sticking up from odd places and whatnot (though I sometimes do...university does that to me sometimes...), it means that we shouldn't put so much importance on such a fake part of ourselves that we neglect to see what's really important here. I mean seriously...teens getting laser hair removal? Five-year-olds going to the spa? Elementary school children using lipstick and eyeliner? I'm sorry, but if this is what society has come to, we're in way over our heads in the bull shit heap.

I am 19 years old. I am technically still YOUNG. This is the generation following me. I feel like a crotchety old woman with nothing better to do than to complain about those darned teenagers and "kids these days". I haven't been popular. I haven't ever been the prettiest. One thing I do have is at least some threads of self-worth. I don't wear make-up as a rule, and when I do it's in moderation. I usually use some lip balm or some concealer (I get AMAZING dark circles under my eyes), and I try and take good care of my skin and hair. Naturally my hair and skin are prone to dryness, and I can't help it sometimes. I often leave the house with my hair half-dry after a shower, chewing on something like a bagel, trying not to drop half the things I'm carrying. I don't consider myself ugly, but I most certainly don't spend hours on my appearance (it's usually about 10-20 minutes in the morning at most). Does this make me a worse person than the people who spend "$300,000 on just her hair and face"? I have chosen to live my life truthfully, comfortably, not being worried about what people think of me 24/7. I'd rather spend my time reading books, making videos, playing games, having fun with friends etc. As for relationships? Well I think it's nice to have someone see me for me rather than a living, breathing, sex-toy. I'm glad I missed this whole trend by a few years (well stuff like this was around when I was little, but it never seemed nearly as bad).

That's all I really have to say for the time being. Not so funny, but I was angry enough to write about it. YAY I'M FALLING INTO THE BLOGGER NICHE! Or something...