This video cracks me up, thanks to my friend Brandon Haynes for posting this on his Facebook profile. It reminds me of a broader trend in the evolution of conceptions of beauty within the last 10 years. The lower back tattoo emerged within the same context of the public obsession with abs and the more private removal of body hair in areas where since literally the dawn of time it was considered a “normal” part of being human.
When we look back at the nude portraits of classical masters with modern eyes we see women that appear to be “fat” or “unattractive” relative to contemporary conceptions of beauty, failing to appreciate that their corpulence was a sign of wealth and in fact they were the pinnacle representation of what a perfect woman should look like in the eyes of the pre-modern masters.
I am curious what role media played in this shift, and as more people engage in social media how conceptions of the body will change and evolve in years to come
