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And I hate the beauty myth, but I also want good hair.

At the very least, "The Beauty Myth" makes more sense than that.

It is more evidence that "The Beauty Myth" may be on target in spite of itself.

These websites bring together people with the same goals - i.e. looking good - and cultivate a culture in which the beauty myth is prevalent.

Magazine portrayals and beauty myth: "what boys like"

Of course The Beauty Myth also made the Times'?

But if "The Beauty Myth" offers pathetic answers, at least it stirs up some essential questions for our times.

Mr. Forsythe developed a theme that he called "Barbie's power as a beauty myth."