11. Words That Make Us: Beauty

In this episode of the "Words That Make Us" podcast, Rama and Tony discuss the topic of “Beauty”. Listen to them as they explain what the word means to them and what they consider beautiful. Why do humans gravitate toward shiny objects? What makes them deem something or someone beautiful? Of course, there’s poetry too!

Why humans like shiny things (theory):

https://www.thecut.com/2014/01/maybe-we-love-shiny-things-because-were-thirsty.html

What makes things beautiful, novelty or familiarity?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/science-of-choice/202110/how-beautiful-things-make-our-lives-better

Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? By William Shakespeare

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-shakespeare

Pied Beauty BY GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gerard-manley-hopkins

Bizarre beauty standards around the world and in different eras:

https://steemit.com/life/@ruth-girl/ten-weird-beauty-standards-from-around-the-world

https://elle.in/bizarre-beauty-trends-history/

Change in beauty standards over time

https://www.scienceofpeople.com/beauty-standards/

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/07/health/body-image-history-of-beauty-explainer-intl/index.html

 

Social Media and Beauty Standards

https://www.dove.com/us/en/stories/campaigns/social-media-and-body-image.html

https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/73271

 

Cosmetic Surgery

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshwilson/2023/01/18/cosmetic-surgery-is-on-the-rise-with-technology-and-hollywood-is-at-the-centre-of-it/

https://www.isaps.org/discover/about-isaps/global-statistics/reports-and-press-releases/global-survey-2022-full-report-and-press-releases/#:~:text=The%20report%20shows%20a%2011.2,non%2Dsurgical%20procedures%20performed%20worldwide.&text=The%20report%20shows%20a%20continuing,over%20the%20last%20four%20years.

Stoic attitude to Beauty

https://dailystoic.com/a-stoic-response-to-beauty/

Still will I harvest beauty where it grows by Edna St. Vincent Millay

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148565/still-will-i-harvest-beauty-where-it-grows

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