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Posted On: July 23rd 2026, 01:00 am
Today, everyone is hot and nothing is erotic. “The face is separating from the person, and the person is separating from the soul, and all of this is happening in front of us, on our phones, in the most banal ways, every day,” Jia Tolentino writes, in a new essay about how the prevalence of artificial and augmented beauty has changed how we relate to one another—and ourselves. Read it at the link in our bio.
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dasawsseking a few seconds ago

dasawsseking

And? Let people choose what they want judgy much

leslieeye 6 minutes ago

leslieeye

😳😳. What happened to aging gracefully?

sonadorachi 20 minutes ago

sonadorachi

It’s NOT hot or erotic it’s the same boring face of a Bratz doll mass produced and used as a marketing tool to try and convince us the faces of our family, ancestors, and heritage are not worthy because our look isn’t commercially viable to pervs who think women should look like children or sex dolls forever.

lauren_healy79 27 minutes ago

lauren_healy79

Nice work🩵hopefully these kids can oppose what’s been given to them as the beauty standard and question everything

laurenmwilson 32 minutes ago

laurenmwilson

beauty is changing. skinny is in and so are sharp jawlines and high cheekbones and high fashion features. this makes women feel angry and diminished when seeing women like us either online or in person because it's the most impossible body type to achieve naturally. one must try ozempic or other procedures. ozempic is no different than botox if it's not for a health condition. women are shifting to a time of hatred for one another and the most beautiful women in the room will always be the highest targets, but the scariest and most intimidating in the room, as i am.

anistassia_ 33 minutes ago

anistassia_

All of this leads to discrimination in the workforce. God forbid you look aged or sick even when you’re not. God forbid you’re a woman. I straight up say “this is my face, it’s okay to be ugly” in a joking way to anyone who wants to step to me about my dark circles, wrinkles, crooked teeth & deviated nose. Or I say “you got plastic surgery money?” 😂 Y’all wonder why other countries have high rates of plastic surgery and never question if it correlates with the job market. This country hates minorities & poor people but wants them to look rich while working for slave wages to give the appearance that the business is trustworthy & successful.

tony_larkin_current an hour ago

tony_larkin_current

It’s all Mar-a-Lago Face, to me. And, yes: absolutely nothing erotic about it. “Terrifying” is the word that comes to mind. But I guess some people like having the cm scared out of them…?

mclean.mcgown an hour ago

mclean.mcgown

Bring back our lived and wonderful faces. So sick of the “I’m doing it for myself” narrative. I am determined to show myself AND my daughters that I am beautiful and aging without going under general anesthesia and cutting my face open and getting it sewed into another position. Nor will I pump it full of toxins that travel to my lymph nodes. It’s hard out there. It’s not about sharing anyone for doing work OR not doing work. It’s the importance of these conversations. So thank you. It’s the WHY behind corporations making trillions off our self hate. Let’s end it

inside_writer_reader an hour ago
tfftravelfans an hour ago

tfftravelfans

“It’s been like this only now it’s exacerbated and turned into a clinical form of NPD.” - from a conversation on this situation

mr_jeremy_ham_ an hour ago

mr_jeremy_ham_

Everything is “hot + erotic” nothing is beautiful, well not nothing but you get my point

oliver_today 2 hours ago

oliver_today

We can't rescue it because it already happened. Look at China, where each "beautiful" woman looks exactly the same.

galekarinbirgitta 2 hours ago

galekarinbirgitta

Excellent, spot on. Treating normal aging as a ‘disease’. What a life to be a house sparrow. No Botox, no trips to the mall. They mate, create nests, forage for food, fly, and ultimately die.

habitecodesign 2 hours ago

habitecodesign

Transhumanism has already arrived.

maja_gram 2 hours ago

maja_gram

Thank you for this!

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