I am reading “The History of  Beauty” by Umberto Eco right now and in this “more-pictures-than-words” book, he articulates what beautiful has meant in times past. From the Greeks to Renaissance Europe, I am getting example after example of what pretty has been, which leads me to wonder – how has the notion of “sexy” changed from cultural epoch to epoch?  I am oftentimes shocked and dumbfounded over what is considered, sexy. With divas whose aesthetic are so disparate – Beyonce versus Lady […]

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