What is Beauty?

[blk_reign]

After reading this quote.. 

If a beautiful woman (such as lexington) were making such comments, then I might care somewhat. However, that is not the case and I couldn't care less. Actually, it reminds me of a little black girl who would try to make fun of me when I was younger because I was light brown and I had longer, prettier, and straighter hair than she did....

I began to ponder.. is beauty limited to long "pretty" straight hair and lighter skin?

slim to medium build?

Is a dark skinned woman unattractive?

or a woman that chooses to have natural hair?

or short hair?


Women/ men what is your definition of beauty??


do you think that the above quote perpetuates the very self hatred of blacks that we've discussed many times on this board?

[dbgirl]

I have to admit ...

I know beatific started this whole debate with her light skin/hair comments but I feel that on the black girl thread it turned a little bit into teasing the light-skinned girls 

There should not be so much arguing over skin color in the black community. No one is better than anyone else just because they have more white genes, or vice versa.
No, beauty is not limited to long hair and light skin, IMO.
My grandmother makes comments about people having "good hair" or "keen noses," which bothers me because I think she was raised to think those white characteristics are beautiful.

[blk_reign]

why do you think that the thread turned into teasing of light skinned girls? i'm a bit confused there...

my grandmother was fair skinned.. and there are many different hues within my family...i'd never disrespect a woman based on skin color..

beatific did however..


I wasn't arguing over skin color and i don't think that anyone else was either (save beatific)..she's the individual that chose to even bring that up in the midst of conversation..

and that was silly..and as i said it perpetuates the issues of self hatred that we've been discussion on this board...

and you're right dbgirl your grandmother was definitely raised during a time where those images were seen as "more beautiful"...

my grandmother's sister had issues with her complexion as well because she was darker than her sisters and had shorter hair.. people used to tease her about it when she was growing up in the early 1900s

[dbgirl]

I guess it wasn't intended to be light-girl bashing, (more bashing what Beatific said) I guess I'm just sensitive.

[blk_reign]

what she said was inappropriate..tactless..and foul... and she knows this...

I am sorry that you originally interpreted it the wrong way..

I guess it wasn't intended to be light-girl bashing, (more bashing what Beatific said) I guess I'm just sensitive.

[Statistic]

blonde, blue eyes, milky white skin, modest backside and ample bussoms.

[seu2002]

rbg, 

[Statistic]

I kid, I kid.

[blk_reign]

come on now folks..this is a serious thread...

[Made4law]

Beauty can be perceived in soooo many ways...Amerie, Free (a$$ for days), Beyonce, Sade, Rosario Dawson (whoa), Vida Guerra,etc...I can go on for days are all beautiful in their own way.  Also, confidence and attitude can be more beautiful than looks...We have all been around people male and female, that once you get to know them they begin to physically look better to you because their personality is so overwhelming, you begin to notice those very subtle beauty elements that may not be apparent initially. Like someones's smile or the slope of their back or the way they hold their hand when you pass them the forty