I mean, Bon Jovi is pretty enough, but that's beside the point.

If you don't trust that the hand you have is good enough, it's easy to default to the privilege of pretty-enough.

"If you want to get pussy, cut your hair off."

What if we saw how a sympathetic woman renowned for her beauty became obsessed with her stepdaughter's looks? That is: What if Rapunzel were Snow White's wicked stepmother?

"If I didn't have glasses, I would be in the competition with everyone else to be pretty." (Guest post.)

Memoir excerpt and giveaway.

Feminine protest icons, camel beauty, the pregnant body and random yahoos, and more.

Why has the video of Dustin Hoffman talking about "Tootsie" gone viral?

Tom Ford's dudely new cosmetics line, hijab fashionistas, and fashion tips from Mr. T.

"I think that’s a real issue in the military—and in our society—about beauty and gender stereotypes, that pretty can’t be tough. We don't think about soldiers as being women."

All the made-up young men, Ed Snowden's pretty lady, American Indian fashion, and how to whiten your teeth with banana peels.

The plague of Bitchy Resting Face, labor laws for models, vanity sizing, and Swedish men in skirts.

Military dress, MAC handing out herpes, the BS of bra-fitting, and more.