For real though. I did rocky horror picture show a while ago with some old friends who did theatre, and I dressed up as a gender bent version of Columbia in the gold sequin jacket. They contoured my face, gave me cats eyes, and dyed my beard bright red. I felt fly as fuck, I look damn good in fishnets and makeup. I also got to experience feeling hot; that night I learned that my body type has a number of admirers in the gay community, and quite a few people in attendance made sure I knew it. All around one of the best things that has ever happened to my self esteem
It doesn’t have to be makeup, but caring for how you look can help you feel fly, too. A haircut that fits. Face treatments or creams with nice scents feel good. Finding the right products for you can make you feel good. I helped my husband find the right soap and shampoo for his skin and hair type, got him to use moisturizer and better shaving products. His acne that he had for years vanished completely, his skin is nice and smooth now and he feels so much better because all the dry skin was uncomfortable.
He also goes to a barber shop now that massages his head and gives him a haircut and beard trimming and he loves having a little spa time.
It won’t magic magically cure your depression or reduce your weight, but it will help you feel better in your body.
Go to the gym, it will make a world of difference. Lifting weights is not even difficult (like cardio, I hate cardio and never do it). But the extra muscles will help burn fat and make you want to eat better to get nice gains.
You are not going to be depressed when you start to get a nice body.
it’s like trimming your beard to accentuate your face (yes i know men are physically able to wear makeup), it’s not necessary but i quite like looking in the mirror and making finger guns like johnny bravo
Fair enough, there’s most probably some room for ethical consumption of cosmetics and make up. But by far, the large majority of this industry is driven by the capitalist need for consumption and misogyny
Yeah, but this this kinda hatred drives consumption even more.
A recent example would be how the advertising and tracking/recommendation algorithms at Instagram recognised that when teen girls were deleting their selfies, that is the time to shove cosmetic ads to them.
I mean one could argue that there isn’t any real intent to misogyny from the capitalist ruling class, but I’d be more inclined towards believing that this is done with some intent. Keeping the people divided and whatnot
Some good makeup can make you look fly even if if you like yourself
It’s not so cut and dry as that
Can it make an overweight, depressed, self loathing guy in his late thirties feel fly? Asking for a friend.
Yes. Source: experience
For real though. I did rocky horror picture show a while ago with some old friends who did theatre, and I dressed up as a gender bent version of Columbia in the gold sequin jacket. They contoured my face, gave me cats eyes, and dyed my beard bright red. I felt fly as fuck, I look damn good in fishnets and makeup. I also got to experience feeling hot; that night I learned that my body type has a number of admirers in the gay community, and quite a few people in attendance made sure I knew it. All around one of the best things that has ever happened to my self esteem
It doesn’t have to be makeup, but caring for how you look can help you feel fly, too. A haircut that fits. Face treatments or creams with nice scents feel good. Finding the right products for you can make you feel good. I helped my husband find the right soap and shampoo for his skin and hair type, got him to use moisturizer and better shaving products. His acne that he had for years vanished completely, his skin is nice and smooth now and he feels so much better because all the dry skin was uncomfortable. He also goes to a barber shop now that massages his head and gives him a haircut and beard trimming and he loves having a little spa time.
It won’t magic magically cure your depression or reduce your weight, but it will help you feel better in your body.
Go to the gym, it will make a world of difference. Lifting weights is not even difficult (like cardio, I hate cardio and never do it). But the extra muscles will help burn fat and make you want to eat better to get nice gains.
You are not going to be depressed when you start to get a nice body.
Lol
LMAO, even.
I dropped from ~300 to 167lbs between april 2014 and March 2015, I had a 6 pack and had more energy than I ever had in my adult life.
Still depressed as fuck.
Being in shape won’t fix your psychological problems.
Depends very much on the source of those problems. Looking better can absolutely help in most cases. Maybe not for you.
it’s like trimming your beard to accentuate your face (yes i know men are physically able to wear makeup), it’s not necessary but i quite like looking in the mirror and making finger guns like johnny bravo
Fair enough, there’s most probably some room for ethical consumption of cosmetics and make up. But by far, the large majority of this industry is driven by the capitalist need for consumption and misogyny
Why would the capitalists want misogyny? They don’t care about women’s self esteem - just their money.
Yeah, but this this kinda hatred drives consumption even more.
A recent example would be how the advertising and tracking/recommendation algorithms at Instagram recognised that when teen girls were deleting their selfies, that is the time to shove cosmetic ads to them.
I mean one could argue that there isn’t any real intent to misogyny from the capitalist ruling class, but I’d be more inclined towards believing that this is done with some intent. Keeping the people divided and whatnot