Isabel Millar - Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Bombshell
Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour
The Question of Dysmorphia
I think it's really good that we should be able to do what we like to our bodies and make ourselves happy in whatever way that we want. But you know, these things are nuanced. These things are complicated. And with that also comes this other problem about how do you deal with the perennial question of philosophy, contingency and necessity. At what point does curation and contrivance take away randomness, spontaneity, naturalness? Those kind of questions are always in play. There is no simple answer. I'm not saying women should not do anything to themselves to make themselves look different, absolutely not. It's just very alarming that so many people grow up feeling that they
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