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One of the most successful, influential and beloved women in American history, Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she had one regret: she wished she had been prettier. Who hasn’t felt the same way? We
Why do we care so much about how we look? Because it matters. Because beauty is powerful. Because even when we learn to value people mostly for being kind and wise and funny, we are still moved by bea
Aristotle said, “Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction.“ It’s not fair, but it’s true. We simply treat beautiful people better than we do others. Attach a photogra
As children, beautiful people are more likely to become favorites with parents and teachers. Later, they’re more likely to get good jobs and promotions. Beautiful lawyers get paid more than their le
Many of the physical features that make us attractive to one another are, in fact, signals of our health and fertility. For thousands of years, women have been using makeup to try to look like teenage