
Clare Chambers on the Unmodified Body
Philosophy Bites
What Is Shamtenance?
Shamtenance is the combination of shame and maintenance. It's all the things we do to maintain the idea that our bodies are shameful or should be kept private. Sometimes this happens in a very but obvious way, such as keeping menstr ation completely private. But shamtonens also occurs in lots of more sot of subtle ways,. So one example i talk about is the idea of natural make up. When you wear natural make up, you're trying to conceal things like under eye bags, spots, wrinkles, whatever it might be. You're sort of trying to hide the fact that it's shameful to have these bodily features. Tut looking a certain way is a natural way to
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