Wednesday, June 29, 2016

American Beauty


I picked this image of Amber Heard as a quintessential depiction of American beauty. She epitomizes everything that American society holds as a high standard of beauty: her hair, features, and makeup are all seen as the best of what American woman have to offer the world. 


This is my remix of the American beauty and how the American society actually interacts with American women. The recent vitriol thrown at Amber Heard after she announced her husband has been abusive, is a largely normalized behavior towards women in America. Women have to be beautiful, but they also only exist to be used by men, and their beauty is only for the consumption of the male gaze. 

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