Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, research reminds us that all human beholders have essentially the same eye. Ever since evolutionary psychologists turned their gaze to the question of female beauty, they noted a striking correlation. Almost all of the most beautiful women, the sex … [Read more...]
A Narrow Compass! and yet there / Dwelt all that’s good and all that’s fair!
The above lines from Edmund Waller's 17th century poem are truer even than he imagined. According to a new study published in the journal of Evolution and Human Behavior, women with curves are more intelligent than skinnier women. Not only that, but the women tended to produce smarter children. The … [Read more...]
Here She Is, Miss Artificial Beauty
So there are many things interesting about China's Miss Artificial Beauty pageant. One is that it exists at all, that the Chinese seem eager to promote and accept something we in this country are still a little leery of: cosmetic surgery not as a prophylactic or a defense for self-esteem as we age, … [Read more...]
There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part.
Bram Stoker, who supplies the titular quote, would be 160 years old today if he were, like his most famous protagonist, blessed (or cursed) with immortality. Bram Stoker's most famous novel, Dracula, has endured probably beyond anyone's estimation of its popularity, and has inspired more film … [Read more...]
Alberto Vargas: Exemplary Artist
Alberto Vargas is one of the most well-known and well-respected pin-up artists. His art endures today, and has been the subject of several major exhibitions, including one at the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. Although he painted prodigiously for almost 60 years, his most … [Read more...]
Jorja Fox: Anticosmetic Beauty?
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has been a hit television show for CBS since 2000. It has spawned numerous spinoffs, including a New York and a Miami version. And with the show's popularity, its stars have also grown in popularity, including the actress Jorja Fox, who plays the character Sara Sidle … [Read more...]
Chin Surgery Helps Achieve a More Balanced Look
Chin augmentation surgery (also known as chin implant surgery) is a common facial plastic surgery that brings balance to the facial structure by correcting a chin problem due to congenital deficiency, age-related bone resorption, or facial trauma. Why Chin Implants? Chin implants can be used for … [Read more...]
Cosmetic vs. Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Plastic surgery, generally speaking, deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, cranio-maxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and external genitalia. It uses aesthetic surgical … [Read more...]
What is Manhattan Anxiety?
Humans are social animals with a strong sense of hierarchy. We assess ourselves against those around us to determine where we belong in this hierarchy. Because we are also visual animals--the majority of our brain's devoted to sight--, it is natural that appearance should become an important part of … [Read more...]
The Consolations of Beauty
In his 1974 song "Chelsea Hotel #2," Leonard Cohen remembers an intensely personal moment between himself and his lover Janis Joplin. He describes the moment just before their parting: You told me again you preferred handsome men But for me you would make an exception. And clenching your fists for … [Read more...]
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