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People often want to know what gets them noticed. While it differs for all people (beware all men: my BFF will stare at your arms), I will tell you that I always notice eyes. Now, I should mention, I do not often notice eye colors, but I notice the shape, eyelashes, and how warm a person seems based on their eyes.
It’s funny that despite my love of a good set of peepers, I never notice eye color. This drives my mom and sister insane and they have taken to playing a game with me called “What Color Eyes Do _____ Have?” The result was: if you have brown eyes, I’ll guess them by default, and...
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At different points in my life, people have taken a “first notice” to different things about me. I thought it would be interesting to ask a few people who I have met along the last 20+ years what they first noticed about me when we first met.
My mom (who obviously “met” me on Day 1): “I first noticed your red hair, and thought: where did that come from [Author’s note: I have long, long not been a redhead, natural or otherwise]. But it was too cute! I also immediately noticed you got your dad’s blue eyes, which I was so thankful for! And then that cry of yours, you coughed then cried, I’...
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Beauty pageants have long been criticized for encouraging only one kind of beauty. In America, this beauty ideal tends to be tall, slim, blond and busty, much like the Barbie dolls we grew up playing with. According to Jezebel, strict ideas of beauty might not just be an American thing. Dodai Stewart recently reported on the 2013 Miss Korea Pageant and the possibility of a "cosmetic surgery template" when she saw the similarities between all of the contestants (originally pointed out by a Japanese blog and on Reddit). Stewart wrote:
