Tag: beauty

  • The Second Skin

    This. This is the book I’ve been looking for. Symbolic Interaction Theory I see this in the table of contents. I knew I was on to something with Symbolic Interactionism. Curious if this is the same thing Role Theory Norm Formation Dress and Morals Likely something here for me. Clothes and Physical Well-Being What could…

  • Inventing Beauty 2

    But having meditated on this subject for several years now, I’ve come to believe that many women have wielded devices and potions built in the name of Beauty in order to transcend the emphasis that mankind places on Beauty. When successful, the artifice of Beauty is a great leveler. It puts the resourceful and the…

  • Inventing Beauty

    Its an interesting history as to how I ended up here. I think personally I’ve felt that there is always pressure to assume a certain position, a certain look, to meet a certain standard. But who are they, the purveyors of the standard? Have I ever been a purveyor of the standard myself, when I’ve…

  • Wild

    Somewhere I read that shape memory alloys was a sensation in Japan in bras? Like NiTi, the whole thing. True? Google Scholar: shape memory alloys bra wires Apparently, there’s a chapter on “Applications of superelastic alloys in the clothing, sports and leisure industries” from a book “Shape Memory and Superelastic Alloys” What is superelasticity? How…