Somebody at Cosmopolitan probably lost their job on Sunday night after a now-deleted tweet was sent that named “The 10 Most Beautiful Women in the World, According to Science.”
The problem with the tweet was that all 10 of the women were white.
It’s worth noting here that the list was actually a reprint of this 2016 article from Women’s Day. The “science” in question was created by a British plastic surgeon. This did not keep droves of the internet’s finest from administering swift judgement upon the publication.
Unfortunately for Cosmo, beauty is no longer in the eye of the beholder, it’s in the eye of whoever can get the most traction on Twitter.
Did @Cosmopolitan delete this tweet? https://t.co/vd0y0bEHTs pic.twitter.com/eoe1ubEDU4
— Dr. Seema Yasmin is on a media literacy mission (@DoctorYasmin) March 12, 2017
They're all white. Saved you a click https://t.co/3EbpeQJhuV
— yellow afrikan (@_theghettomonk) March 12, 2017
In 2017 Cosmo still sees fit to sell white=beauty based on 'science' that excludes non-whiteness cc @Tomi_Ola @WritersofColour https://t.co/YFwxkKPlAK
— Furaha Asani (@DrFuraha_Asani) March 12, 2017
How many people had to approve this? How are we still this dumb? https://t.co/5UmYdAqQ7o
— open michael eagle (@Mike_Eagle) March 12, 2017
Via Women’s Day:
DR. DE SILVA POINTED OUT THAT THIS STUDY IS BY NO MEANS A WAY TO PIT WOMEN AGAINST EACH OTHER. “WITH THIS GROUND-BREAKING TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE SOLVED SOME OF THE MYSTERIES OF WHAT IT IS THAT MAKES SOMEONE PHYSICALLY BEAUTIFUL,” HE SAID. “THE RESULTS WERE STARTLING AND SHOWED SEVERAL FAMOUS ACTRESSES AND MODELS HAVE FACIAL FEATURES THAT COME CLOSE TO THE ANCIENT GREEK PRINCIPLES FOR PERFECTION.”
How dare Cosmo try to quote a doctor about how the brain perceives visual stimuli in a world where everyone is a winner. Don’t they know that basing things on science is racist and unfair? You’re supposed to base things on how people might possibly be made to feel when you say or print them.
It’s not even OK to say that there are 10 top contenders for a prize that none of us even knew we were competing for. But maybe that’s the problem, maybe we are all really competing for it every day, and we’re just a bunch of sore losers.
I’ve never once heard a man complain about People’s annual “Sexiest Man Alive” competition. Nobody is throwing up facts and figures about how many of them have been white and how many have been of other ethnicities. I’m guessing it’s because men don’t care.
Here’s the list itself:
1. Amber Heard 91.85%
2. Kim Kardashian 91.39%
3. Kate Moss 91.06%
4. Emily Ratajkowski 90.8%
5. Kendall Jenner 90.18%
6. Helen Mirren 89.93%
7. Scarlett Johansson 89.82%
8. Selena Gomez 89.57%
9. Marilyn Monroe 89.41%
10. Jennifer Lawrence 89.24%
You want to be valued as much as a privileged white man in America? Do what they do; get up, go to work, do your job, vote your conscience and ignore the haters. Because to be honest, beauty still is in the eye of the beholder.
And if I’m being honest, I don’t think some of those chicks are all that pretty, but if they’re smart, they’ll ignore my opinion on it.
(Source: Twitchy)