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cosmetic surgery

ok if this were real i would first ban like being a billionaire, puppy mills, etc but i think most people feel the same so those feel too obvious. it is a hot take to some but i really hate plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes. tho i will say i can make an exception for ffs and restorative type surgery after an injury so for one, cosmetic surgery is way more dangerous than media and celebs say it is. for example, 1 in 3000 people die from a BBL !! a cancer-causing type of breast implant was only banned in 2019 ! nose jobs can lead to collapses and deformities! unnecessarily changing your appearance is absolutely not worth risking any of that! but the biggest reason i would ban cosmetic surgery is because it just fuels beauty standards. and the whole thing with ideal body standards is literally just informed by eugenics (racism + ableism) and misogyny. think about nose jobs! many nose types, like hooked or wide noses, are never chosen as the “ideal” nose, you only ever see like 3 exact noses in people who got a nose job. even when you google “aquiline nose” half of the images are plastic surgery before/afters of people who had aquiline noses “fixed” almost all cosmetic surgery is basically done to achieve WASPy beauty standards and i think that’s really fucked up. i would never want to reinforce those ideas for myself or others by conforming to them. i think cosmetic surgery also sends a really toxic message to young people, especially teen girls. i know i always wanted a nose job growing up and i think that’s super fucked up! if you are so so dissatisfied with your appearance that you want to permanently change it, you need therapy not surgery! i am 1000% not a “my body my choice” person when it comes to cosmetic surgery because that “choice” has not occurred in a vacuum, it’s almost always from wanting to conform to conventional beauty standards. you are not immune to norms besides, isn’t it beautiful that people look all kinds of ways? i wish we appreciated that more

@marxinista

Oct 2, 2024

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becoming totally divorced from your physical appearance

i've completely lost interest in what I look like. i used to be so preoccupied by what I wore and how my face looked as a teenager that it was exhausting. i was so concerned about getting my eyeliner perfect every time. making sure my hair was the best honey blonde but that i still had tool and choking victim patches on my backpack. turned 24 and kind of going feral mode #idgaf. i don't care about looking beautiful or cool. it's about being beautiful or cool on the inside

@fruitbat

Oct 22, 2024

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Mod Makeup

My best friend and collaborator, Jake Levy, recently said when we were making a video together “Help me Im Mod” that mod makeup doesn’t suit a stressed out face. During the making of the video I, an actress, would pensively go over my movements between takes. Jake noticed that my actress behavior visually looked uniquely bizzare while I was made up like a Mod Girl. False eyelashes,that twiggy shit, liquid eyeliner on the lid crease etc.In recent weeks since shooting that video I have wondered if this type of makeup would be a challenge to a bad mood. What if wearing mod makeup like Twiggy was an optimistic and faithful balm to remind us of kindness? Asking us to put on a happy face?  Well knowing if your face suddenly turned sour you would look like an absolute fool? Could this be a cornerstone of the next wave of faith?

@ruby

May 12, 2022

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Never changing

My dad teases me about how when I was a little kid, my favorite thing to do when I was on the landline phone with somebody—be it a relative or one of my best friends—was to breathlessly describe the things that were in my bedroom so that they could have a mental picture of everything I loved and chose to surround myself with, and where I sat at that moment in time. Perfectly Imperfect reminds me of that so thanks for always listening and for sharing with me too 💌

@taterhole

Feb 23, 2025

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Finally Quitting the job that you hate

Schedule sent my resignation email for the morning, effective immediately ✅💅

@taterhole

Feb 27, 2025

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Rejecting the Commodification of the Self

I’ve been thinking about how much of social media is centered around curating our self-image. When selfies first became popular, they were dismissed as vain and vapid—a critique often rooted in misogyny—but now, the way we craft our online selves feels more like creating monuments. We try to signal our individuality, hoping to be seen and understood, but ironically, I think this widens the gap between how others perceive us and who we really are. Instead of fostering connection, it can invite projection and misinterpretation—preconceived notions, prefab labels, and stereotypes. Worse, individuality has become branded and commodified, reducing our identities to products for others to consume. On most platforms, validation often comes from how well you can curate and present your image—selfies, aesthetic branding, and lifestyle content tend to dominate. High engagement is tied to visibility, not necessarily depth or substance. But I think spaces like PI.FYI show that there’s another way: where connection is built on shared ideas, tastes, and interests rather than surface-level content. It’s refreshing to be part of a community that values thoughts over optics. By sharing so few images of myself, I’ve found that it gives others room to focus on my ideas and voice. When I do share an image, it feels intentional—something that contributes to the story I want to tell rather than defining it. Sharing less allows me to express who I am beyond appearance. For women, especially, sharing less can be a radical act in a world where the default is to objectify ourselves. It resists the pressure to center appearance, focusing instead on what truly matters: our thoughts, voices, and authenticity. I’ve posted a handful of pictures of myself in 2,500 posts because I care more about showing who I am than how I look. In trying to be seen, are we making it harder for others to truly know us? It’s a question worth considering.

@taterhole

Dec 27, 2024

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