Can Beauty Be A Source Of Joy?
On Beauty and Being Just
Exploring the relationship between beauty, consciousness, errors in perception, and the role of beauty in education, using examples from art, literature, and philosophy.
attachments.are.naThe default assumption tends to be that it is politically important to designate everyone as beautiful, that it is a meaningful project to make sure that everyone can become, and feel, increasingly beautiful. We have hardly tried to imagine what it might look like if our culture could do the opposite—de-escalate the situation, make beauty matter le... See more
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
beauty is not a luxury