While browsing the internet for popular blog posts of the day I was brought to a site titled Skinny Confidential. I could see that it was another generic fashion type blog, but decided to see what could possibly make it such a popular post.
The blonde blogger from San Diego wrote a post about women shaving their faces and then gushed over why it should be a trend now, because America is all about trends. She included a YouTube video of some person going by the name of Michelle Money (upon googling the name, because I had no idea who she was, I learned that she was a reality show contestant) who demonstrated how a woman should shave her face to get rid of any facial hair or peach fuzz.
I found nothing wrong with that. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. What was gross about her video, and I only got to 1:25 of the 4 minute demonstration before turning it off, was her presentation. She spoke with a condescension that proliferates unrealistic beauty standards already rampant in today's society. "I don't care who you are, ladies. You have hair on your face and men don't like it." This is what she says with arrogant authority. This is also the moment I instinctively made my what the fuck face at the screen and turned her off, wishing I hadn't come to learn of her existance. I think this of a lot of people today who are given a universal platform, a lot of irresponsible and ignorant people who spread all sorts of tripe over the internet. Females who set women back a hundred years are of no exception.
Finding the whole thing ridiculous and pathetic, I wrote a comment on her blog, for the sake of intelligent debate or discussion with others, in which I pointed out the fact that it's girls like Michelle Money and the blogger herself who encourage girls to be too hard on themselves and strive towards perfection. And not even to feel better about themselves, as many of us who experiment with make up and such do, but to please men. Those people who only exist in this world because women decide to push them out of their vaginas. That is how they come to be. That is the only reason they get to live life. And these cunts think we should plan our lives to revolve around some of these boys who never learned from a young age to appreciate the natural woman, boys whose opinions don't, won't and never will matter when it comes to beauty or standards. How insecure do you have to be to promote such drivel? If you are with someone who makes you feel like you're not physically attractive enough then they are the problem.
Needless to say, my comment was immediately deleted by the owner of the blog.
Later, I am reading the news story on the high school prom-related murder in Connecticut and post a comment on the messageboard. I point out the obvious, once again, that America is a morally bankrupt nation. If you disagree with this then you are wrong. The only culture that permeates the US is that of violence, entitlement, and Black Friday deals. The constant news stories such as the school stabbing is a reflection of that, and it's time the severity of the issue is addressed internally. Several other commentors agree with me, but many more probably flagged my comment because half an hour later it was deleted by CNN moderators.
Lately, as I work arduously at writing and researching my first book, I think about the painful fact that talking truths and accuracy is an outrage today. People are conditioned to reject the truth in favor of deceit, as it is much easier to accept. Whenever a sole individual comes up to the podium and makes an unpopular yet genuine remark about the state of our society today, the masses react in hostile denial. They attack the person uninfluenced by the propaganda of media, corporations, or politics, thus speaking from a clear, informed perspective, but because they are an army of one, they lose.
The people who are given platforms today to spread their vile, superficial beliefs to the world are just another problem contributing to society's fast decline. And the blogosphere is now a cesspool of dangerously insecure, hollow consumers begging to have their voices heard, yet have nothing of significance to say.
