Salon.com > beauty privilege http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 01:55:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful http://www.salon.com/2012/12/07/dont_hate_her_because_im_beautiful/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/07/dont_hate_her_because_im_beautiful/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13118124 It is hard to be a woman in this country! We still earn, on average, 25 percent less than our male colleagues. We still do most of the housework and child-raising. Elected officials still think it is OK to make personal medical choices for us, while others ascribe supernatural powers to our lady parts. Life is complicated all over. So when Britton Delizia says that she has been bullied because she is naturally skinny and has killer abs, why not believe her? And when she launches a Kickstarter to fund a photography book that celebrates "fitness" and "healthy living"? Sure, feel free.

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