You make me up, you make me down, but after one-two-three-four kids, nothing, aside from relocating me to the nearest planet with less gravity, like say, the MOON, will stop my boobs from sagging. Â Well, either the moon, or $10,000 and a really, really good plastic surgeon.
Which got me to thinking about beauty in general. Â And how we’ve been debating on who’s hotter: East African or West African, Caribbean, East Coast, West Coast, tall, short, pygmy, Pop Tarts vs. Toaster Strudel, light, dark, rotund, skinny or in between.
What makes a woman, specifically a woman of color, beautiful? Â European model aside (damn you Barbie, daaaaamn yooooouuu!!!)
Okay, okay to be fair,  the nice folks over at Mattel do at least TRY to make Barbie look “exotic”  I guess…
Is it just me, or does this one look like Beyonce's doppelgänger?
I spoke to photographer Herb Way, the creator of Portraits of Eve: Women of Color Share Their Body/Soul Conversations, this weekend. Â Herb, 61, has managed to get A LOT of women naked–but in a classy way. Â Portraits is a compilation of nude women of color in various states of undress–some baring all–I MEAN, er’rything. Â What struck me about Herb’s work is how he managed to make the beauty of these women shine through. Â See for yourself:
(© Herb Way, 2010, all rights reserved)
These women looked at the camera, at Herb, unflinchingly, and they all had a statement to make about themselves and their bodies. “I regarded [the models posing for me] as a sacred trust. Many of the women that posed felt liberated, empowered, healed afterward.”
None, I mean NONE of these women look at all like Barbie.
“What I find to be striking, beautiful may vary from woman to woman. In general, I’ll say tasteful grooming, poise, gracefulness, sensuality, intelligence, articulateness, congeniality, warmth, class, humility, gentleness, a certain light in her eyes and a certain way that she carries herself. Physically, authenticity is very important. I hate weaves, wigs, and breast implants and I can do without the false fingernails with the designs on them,” he says.
"Portraits of Eve" creator, Herb Way
Thanks, Herb.
My mom's best friend amazes me. Ever since, I've known her, she could always snag a guy without doing anything,but she isn't the person that people may picture her as. To some, she is considered to be very plain: no make up,no fancy hair dew,no jewelery and is not flirtatious. As a kid, she said that she was considered to be an ugly because of it.Yet she was able to get the man. Today,she's in her early 50's, tall and full figured, but she's able to draw men.It was her example that taught me about about the beauty and the beast.
There many men that I've found physically attractive, but I also find myself to be attracted to men who aren't necessarily that. Something about them may be sexy or their personalities may draw me to them and I'm really big on that.I guess that was one lesson on guy learned. I guess that he thought that just because he looked like El Debarge( I loved him as a teen when he was with Debarge and when he was by himself). Something just told me to stay 100 feet from this guy. I had a vibe about him that suggested that he was a player. The way he talked, the way he acted..a definite no can do for me. He just seemed stuck on himself. To me a guy that is physically attractive,but has a sour personality is ugly.
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