In this episode of the "Words That Make Us" podcast, Rama and Tony discuss the topic of “Beauty”. Listen to them as they explain what the word means to them and what they consider beautiful. Why do humans gravitate toward shiny objects? What makes them deem something or someone beautiful? Of course, there’s poetry too!
Why humans like shiny things (theory):
https://www.thecut.com/2014/01/maybe-we-love-shiny-things-because-were-thirsty.html
What makes things beautiful, novelty or familiarity?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/science-of-choice/202110/how-beautiful-things-make-our-lives-better
Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? By William Shakespeare
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-shakespeare
Pied Beauty BY GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gerard-manley-hopkins
Bizarre beauty standards around the world and in different eras:
https://steemit.com/life/@ruth-girl/ten-weird-beauty-standards-from-around-the-world
https://elle.in/bizarre-beauty-trends-history/
Change in beauty standards over time
https://www.scienceofpeople.com/beauty-standards/
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/07/health/body-image-history-of-beauty-explainer-intl/index.html
 
Social Media and Beauty Standards
https://www.dove.com/us/en/stories/campaigns/social-media-and-body-image.html
https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/73271
 
Cosmetic Surgery
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshwilson/2023/01/18/cosmetic-surgery-is-on-the-rise-with-technology-and-hollywood-is-at-the-centre-of-it/
https://www.isaps.org/discover/about-isaps/global-statistics/reports-and-press-releases/global-survey-2022-full-report-and-press-releases/#:~:text=The%20report%20shows%20a%2011.2,non%2Dsurgical%20procedures%20performed%20worldwide.&text=The%20report%20shows%20a%20continuing,over%20the%20last%20four%20years.
Stoic attitude to Beauty
https://dailystoic.com/a-stoic-response-to-beauty/
Still will I harvest beauty where it grows by Edna St. Vincent Millay
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148565/still-will-i-harvest-beauty-where-it-grows
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