#pretty privilege is real!!

[dodgytransformer]

im just saying, the name aleksander means “defender or warrior of the people”, and the darkling lost his humanity because he took it upon himself to protect all of his people, the Grisha :/

#shadow and bone #the darkling #aleksander morovoza #aleksander kirigan #general kirigan #the black general #why does my guy have so many names #just call yourself shadow daddy and move on #shadow daddy #ben barnes #please see this ben #if evil why babygirl?? #he has puppy eyes #not a villain #✨morally grey✨ #pretty privilege is real!! #i can fix him #well #its debatable #i'd probs just become a villain with him #i'd fold like a camping chair #he could do anything to me #he could step on me and i'd thank him #he could breath in my direction and id have an anyeurism #ok this is probably too many tags #one more #ok wait no two more #he can expand my folds any day #also im writing a darkling fic which is hard bc my guy is in love with alina which i hate blegh

[vanhelsingapologist]

Publishing has always been a fucking nightmare, but now it’s a layer of hell. It’s not enough that writers be good at what they do. Writers have to maintain an active social media presence and cultivate a following. Be available.

They have to be conventionally attractive enough to look good enough to see on a screen, aesthetically pleasing, kind, funny, up-to-date on trends, socially aware but not so controversial that they turn off a brand from California from slapping their discount code on a video promoting a book.

They have to do all of this with no media training, with little help from the companies that are supposed to be doing this for them.

Of course, a lot of this isn't possible for say, the 40-something mother of two who teaches English at a school and writes on the side. She’s boxed out of an already complex industry that already has enough walls.

On some level, I think authors have always marketed themselves a little, but we’ve reached such a crazy point where we’re demanding the author become the influencer. Accessibility in publishing has narrowed from an inch to a sliver. And that inch was hard enough to get in as is.

#This is about traditional publishing but there’s pretty privilege and ageism in self publishing too #I can’t think of the last time I saw an up and coming author recording videos who was over thirty #And frankly that’s a shame #It could be that I’m not looking hard enough #but it’s more likely that algorithms are trained the way they are #truly I don’t think they should have to do any of that at all #And forgive me but (and I know it’s rich because I’m an artist on a platform) but art shouldn’t be at the mercy of an algorithm #Now there’s also something to be said about self publishing becoming easier and easier to achieve success in #And doors opening because of influencer status is real and makes publishing wider in a way #But that doesn’t mean it’s accessible #I’m not gonna plaster my health issues over the wall but that life is certainly not accessible to me! #are you healthy enough to write and make sure people on social media still want to like your stuff #are you mentally well enough to be your own pr #I’m sure people who have studied this have more to say and have said it better but this is what I’ve observed #writing #publishing #publishing industry

[avocadosockz]

given that max is a senior and he and gabbi are not twins that means that she’s a junior or below and so not only did she go after the girl her brother was interested in but A) GOT HER and B) bagged an older woman so mother fucking props to her

#her confidence astounds me #she’s valid for it #pretty privilege is real #gabbi broussard #do revenge #eleanor levetan

[someonefantastic]

ANGEL REWATCH ↳ 1.07 “Bachelor Party“

#dailyats #ats #atsedit #cordelia chase #angel the vampire #allen francis doyle #dailytvgifs #tvedit #filmandtv #mediagifs #throwbackblr #90sedit #cinematv #cangel #angel rewatch #skipps gifs #cordy really said 'pretty people privilege is real and im enforcing it'

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

He's a Beautiful Butterfly!

#tgcf #hua cheng #xie lian #In a moment of perfect seridipity; this was on the same page as my forgotten pahknohk redraw. #Butterfly creature hua cheng is one of my favourite doodles to do when I'm sitting around waiting for something or in a long meeting #They are all very silly and he is always having a good time. As he should be. #'OP Why?' I am once again putting it out in the universe that all the poorly drawn characters are 3-7 cm tall. They are all creatures. #If you wanna see pretty; ask to see San Lang. He's just the normaliest guy ever! #Hua Cheng in particular deserves to be a lot more monstrous and uncanny. Love me some uncanny HC designs #I also do want to reflect on the fact that initially I was like 'Dang his esteem is so low - he should be genuinely monstrous.' #then i realized 'oh god he's just like me for real (grew up ugly and unwanted and now can't reconcile with being Not That as an adult)'. #Growing up pretty privilege is not doubting what the hell people mean by complementing you. Why are you lying. What do you want. #Shout out to all of us insecure creatures. We'll get there eventually <3

[beebatrnn]

whole server hates this. i think it's a masterpiece. idk 😄

#mushroom oasis fanart #mushroom oasis vn #he's so ugly #i'm gonna cry #i was gagging while drawing this #second one is ok i guess #HSUDHJAKENDMA #no but seriously #ppl dont talk abt the fact that he's a mutant mushroom man enough #like imagine how terrifying he'd be irl #so glad cheea prettyboy-ifies him #pretty privilege is REAL #anyways #tag rant over

[aengelren]

would be slandering him left and right if he wasn’t so pretty😔💗

#as an Eren fan i can confirm pretty privilege is real uewh that’s right qoute me wiki use me as a source #manga cover #magazine cover

[heyheresathou]

why they kinda...

#demon slayer #kimetsu no yaiba #gyutaro #daki #anime #you defo have to be hot to become a kizuki #pretty privilege is real #akaza #douma #kokushibo #rui #kyogai #enmu #villain #queer #lgbtq

[jay220a]

OH MY GOD???

#fuxi #housamo #tokyo afterschool summoners #pretty privilege is real and I am PART OF THE PROBLEM 😍

[daisywords]

rereading Fairest bc I have my own copy now (yay $2.50 at a used bookstore!) and so far it's as lovely as I remember

but anyway I do like how Aza's "ugliness" is characterized by people actually treating her badly because of it. People talk about the stereotype of YA protagonists being like "oh poor me I'm so ugly" in an attempt to make them relatable but the narrative actually treats them like they are gorgeous and every character that isn't a villain finds them attractive.

Vs. here it's like. yeah her self perception is all tied up in cultural ideas of beauty and she's definitely not objective either, and a lot of what she thinks is inherent to her ugliness is all wrapped up her related social anxiety, etc.

but! It's very refreshing to see a book that deals so much with beauty standards actually commit to it! It's not like she's just vain and obsessed with looks! You can tell she wants to be beautiful because she wants to be treated like a person! The way it is just that blatant! Most people are rude to her or ignore her! And she makes it worse in her head and compounds the problem by letting her own insecurity draw attention to herself, but at the end of the day, she's right! People would treat her better if she looked different!

The details that we get about her appearance are not even "ugly" traits, either! Like we get the pale skin, black hair, red lips combo pulled directly from the traditional Snow White fairy tale, where those traits are supposed to be beautiful and desirable! But in this culture, apparently those traits are a part of her ugliness, which just perfectly highlights how the beauty standards are inherently arbitrary! And yet! They affect her life in real ways! It doesn't matter much how we, the reader, picture her; we believe that she is ugly because people treat her like she is!

Anyway I especially love how her insecurity regarding her size is portrayed. The combo of feeling small and meek and timid on the outside but being large and imposing on the outside. She feels like she takes up too much space. She doesn't want to wear anything at all attention grabbing. She doesn't know what to do with her limbs. Her biggest fear about demonstrating her magical singing trick is that she would have to show people how she moves her stomach (the horror!)

anyway everyone ever should read Fairest. I could write 12.5 dissertations on it. fantasy books for 12-year-old girls are the most serious fiction in the world actually

#gail carson levine #fairest #daisyreads #anyway what I'm saying is there's a reason why I kept coming back to this book as a very shy girl with a large frame #ough the way her sister is like ''and your eyes are gorgeous'' #the kind of conditional compliments. and they way people including her family that loves her acknowledge the pragmatic aspects #like yeah let's have you avoid the customer facing tasks. you could get famous with your singing if you were better looking #anyway. like being told irl when trying on clothes ''well what matters is if you feel confident'' #thanks! that's what you say to ugly people! #(for the record I do not think I'm particularly ugly. I am pretty average imo) #but I do think that I would be perceived differently in a lot of ways if I were prettier! (and smaller! oof) #and it's nice to have that acknowledged as a real thing in fiction #instead of assuring us that the protag isn't perfect looking but giving her all the pretty privileges anyway #wow I had more to say abt this than i thought lol

[femme-dor]

People who argue against the idea that “Beauty is skin deep”, aren’t actually thinking about beauty. Hear me out.

 There’s “Beautiful”, “Hot,” and “Sexy”

Hot is the main thing most folks aspire to be. You’re gorgeous , and absolute 10, everyone wants to be affiliated and is instantly attracted to you because your visuals hit them like a bullet. This is what makes people believe that they can live life on easy mode( i.e. “pretty privilege”, face card”, etc) because if all they are is a visual knockout & the rest more or less does itself.

Sexy is a skill, a combination of charisma and confidence. Visually, you could be a 3, but the right charisma & confidence can boost you up to a 7. People are so enamored with how good you make them feel and how well you flirt, they don’t even notice or care that you’re not as hot as your stunning counterparts.

You can be Hot and Sexy. Both are a potent combination and what many folks envision when they hear the word “beautiful”; someone who is not only a visual knockout with folks clamoring to be around them but, has the charisma and confidence to own every room & those within it just by being there. But that’s not what “Beautiful” actually is.

What happens when you age and all of your visual features start to fade? What about your personality? Are you a good person? Is your mental health in check? Do you manipulate others or are problematic? What about your daily habits? Do you take care of yourself?

BEAUTIFUL cares less if you’re three or a 10 visually. It’s the way you carry yourself, the way you treat others, the kindness you have, your goals and aspirations. It’s the work you put into how you take care of yourself mentally, physically, and emotionally. It’s the wisdom & humility you’ve accumulated in your existence to shape who you are & the way you share your aura with others so they can see the beauty within themselves. Beauty stays with you long into your years, makes your partners, friends and loved ones see you with the same wonderful lens. When you come up in conversation, it makes someone describe all the positive internal parts they fell in love with first, while the physical attractiveness is given, but as an afterthought. “Hot” and “Sexy” to some extent avoids showing flaws whenever necessary to maintain an image. “Beautiful” embraces all of that & understands it’s an important part of you.

This is what folks don’t think about when they come to the argument that beauty is, in fact, skin deep. It involves the totality of a person, which most of them can’t conceptualize because they mostly allowed media to convince them that being hot/pretty/sexy is the equivalent of being “beautiful” as those people seem to get all the benefits for simply existing. And while, yes, a fatal flaw of our monkey-brain wiring is that we, as a society, tend to favor those who are visually appealing or can charm us, at the end of the day we most treasure those who have a wonderful soul, beautiful deep down. Our best friends, family members, mentors & partners can never hold a candle to those “hot” people.

Because Beauty is skin deep.

#long post #beauty is skin deep #beautiful #my thoughts #positive #healthy mind #life lessons #real life #beauty #hot #sexy #attractive #wisdom #musings #pretty privilege #my 2 cents #important #thoughts #self love #queue are so beautiful to me

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

i’m not saying that if emmy rossum had been cast as debbie y’all would like her more except… i am. that’s actually exactly what i’m saying.

#pretty privilege is real #and although i believe emma kenney to be one of the most gorgeous actresses right now many people disagree #not once has emmy rossum been called ugly by this fandom #actually if i remember correctly- she originally wasn’t even allowed to audition because she looked to pretty and innocent #too* #but had shameless us been made 10 years earlier? #had emmy rossum been cast? #y’all would eat debbie up #i don’t even understand how people call emma kenney ugly when she is far from it but they do #i also believe that if jane levy had played mandy all throughout her six seasons y’all would like s2-6 mandy more #or if emma greenwell had played s1 mandy y’all would’ve liked her less #even though i believe emma greenwell is also one of the most beautiful and talented actresses some people disagrre #disagree* #shameless #debbie gallagher #emmy rossum #emma kenney

[mettywiththenotes]

Izuku complimenting the Shimura's

#'she was really pretty' 'thats a really nice smile' #izuku's sensing a pattern here #shimura pretty privilege is so true and real #and izuku is one more step away from realizing he takes after his grandmother #bnha #bnha vol25 #shigaraki and midoriya #izuku midoriya #nana shimura #mettys posts #metty posts

[marinacourage]

It's true that beauty is subjective. But i don't know why I find Way so so pretty whenever he's on screen. Like take context out for a second and he looks sooo unreal and ethereal in EVERY SINGLE FRAME, even when he's doing some of most atrocious things. Maybe it's because of the type of role where he is sad and crying and lonely for like 95% of the time but I haven't been so smitten with any thai bl actor ever before. Even though Vegas was sexy and pathetic,( I was his hardcore fan btw), I didn't felt this level of attractiveness for his sad face at just first glance. I accidentally stumbled on ep 7 couch scene on YouTube and i had to check the drama. I didn't know he was the antagonist.😯 Why they had to cast such angelic face as villain, then give him most amazing outfits and film him so beautifully in pink and blues? Like for 11 episode that man was doing nothing except being sad and crying. that kind of role would most probably bore me otherwise if I do just surface level watching. But for some reason I can't take my eyes off everytime he's on screen. I'm so sorry I think he's too beautiful that I'm being gaslit by the show into liking him the most.

nut, way’s actor, has the face that makes you do a double take for sure. there’s something very alluring about him, especially in this role. his big sad eyes are a killer, his fake smile is so bitchy i might die, but i also would’ve loved for him to show someone (pete pls) his genuine laugh because he looks like a fox when he laughs and it’s so pretty! instant knock out.

i really really love vegas’ face, i absolutely loved him in kp, but way is a character that really showed me what pretty privilege and pretty bias means and how strong it can be. the way i turn a blind eye on his wrongdoings is on another level completely. he SA babe? well, you see, he’s sad, he’s having a hard time, he needs love, i stand with my cancelled babygirl 🥹💀

#way pit babe #pit babe the series #people went to war for faces like his #pretty privilege is so real #one good fuck and way’ll become a changed man trust me #if evil why pretty

[muffingnf]

i have no idea how he’s managed this he’s crazy and everyone is like Yeah

#im cryinh Okkkkk maybe pretty privilege is real

[lemonzestyyyyy]

Yay first actual post um I'll start with my most recent oc, Sugarcane Cookie! Chilling with their closest friends

#cookie run #clotted cream cookie #clotted cream crk #financier cookie #cookierun oc #cookierun kingdom #pretty oc privilege real #look at them #need I say more