Barbara Krasnoff (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} barb_krasnoff) wrote,@ 2009-04-17 11:24:00 |
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Why is Susan Boyle such a surprise to everyone?
Colette Douglas Home from The Herald has it in her recent commentary:
Colette Douglas Home from The Herald has it in her recent commentary:
The answer is that only the pretty are expected to achieve. Not only do you have to be physically appealing to deserve fame; it seems you now have to be good-looking to merit everyday common respect. If, like Susan (and like millions more), you are plump, middle-aged and too poor or too unworldly to follow fashion or have a good hairdresser, you are a non-person.'nuff said.
