The pursuit of beauty is a terrible burden. A beautiful face requires bright eyes,
gleaming teeth, luxuriant hair, perfect features, and flawless skin. A beautiful
body requires strong muscles, flat abdomen, trim buttocks, and no fat or flab.
And a beautiful appearance requires monogrammed, designer clothes with
matching accoutrements. So it's no wonder that so many people are obsessed
with fashion, jewelry, cosmetics, cosmetic surgery, and image. Let's rebel
against
these obsessions, and free ourselves from the inanity and insanity of vanity.
Then we can dedicate ourselves to life, love, health, and work, and let our
appearance take care of itself.

Competing interests:
None declared