It'd be a little weird if we didn't, to be honest. My kid has, in many ways, hit a privilege jackpot.įirst, let me just say that I know everyone thinks their child is beautiful. Moreover, there's a whole racist, sexist, fatphobic hierarchy of the things we even consider beautiful to begin with, and that's deeply problematic. And by differently, I mean " full of advantages based on their good looks." There's power in pretty, often more than we are willing to recognize or admit. Sociology and science ( and 30 Rock) have shown that beautiful people experience the world differently. Now don't get it twisted: if you're putting "people who fall under conventional and privileged standards of beauty" people versus the people who don't, the former definitely have the better deal. But, in our society, beauty never stands on its own, and it's packaged with a lot of other expectations, rules, and presumptions that give me pause. And it's not like I'm somehow disappointed she's lovely. It doesn't keep me up at night or make me want to ugly her up somehow. I hate it!" But, if I'm being honest, I'm worried about my daughter being beautiful.
Everyone is always telling me how pretty she is and I'm like 'Ugh!' OMG stop.
She's like, too pretty maybe? Like, just so beautiful.
If I saw it myself, I'd assume it was a humblebrag.
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