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Blog #15

The article I read about beauty was called, “The Enigma of Beauty” by Cathy Newman. This article was posted  on National Geographic’s website and tries to dissect  what beauty is. The article starts with an interview with Sheli Jeffry who works at vogue. Jeffry is interview young women who are interviewing to be a model at Vogue. When asked what she looks for in women to find beautiful models, she doesn’t really know. She says that when she sees them she’ll know it. The article continues to dissect how various people view beauty. There are many different ways to view and interpret beauty according to the article. I chose this one because I specifically want to argue that beauty isn’t something that can be broken down by simple definitions. This article has such a wide variety of views on beauty that it will support my argument of there being no single definition of what beauty is.  I also plan to support this argument through the use of two podcasts that have a different take on beauty. Sara’s podcast shows her father’s view on this favorite moment of beauty and his answer was a less serious hockey game win. This example defies most traditional definitions of beauty yet still was his choice. The other podcast I want to use is Cyrus’s because the definition of beauty was more traditional yet still unique in it’s own right. Essentially I believe that anything could be beautiful to anyone and intend to prove that in my essay.

2 Comments

  1. jlynch12

    I really like the position you’re taking that there is no one set definition of beauty. I agree that beauty is different to every person and that there is no right answer. I think that Professor Emerson’s word would be a good source to reference in your essay as well as Sarah’s. I think it shows a good contrast between their two very different experiences with beauty.

  2. syake

    Awesome article choice! You have great arguments to go along with it too.

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