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Her web site features her looks more than her books. (In case it changes : 80% of the space is occupied by a photo of hers, and 20% by textual content). Do as I

by _debug_ 15y ago

Her web site features her looks more than her books. (In case it changes : 80% of the space is occupied by a photo of hers, and 20% by textual content). Do as I say, not as I do.

ErrantX 15y ago
This is not uncommon. Or, rather, whenever I see these self-help/express yourself better/empower yourself authors they all look very attractive and poised. Female and Male. Which annoys me. The advice in this case is good, and it doesn't feel entirely hypocritical because she admits an initial instinct to praise good looks that she has to suppress. But some of her other stuff seems less so (i.e. she is selling herself as "look, I am attractive, smiling, happy! Read my books to find out why" - and then the books are [apparently] about getting over things like beauty..)
- JonnieCache 15y ago
  "Or, rather, whenever I see these self-help/express yourself better/empower yourself authors they all look very attractive and poised. Female and Male." This is simply a small exposure of society's big secret: ANYONE can look attractive, even stunning, given a professional hair stylist, wardrobe person, makeup artist, and photographed properly under proper lighting, and then photoshopped. All those "beautiful" people on TV? Almost without exception, at home they look just like you or me. BUT DON'T TELL ANYONE! Western capitalism might come crashing down around us ;)
  - true_religion 15y ago
    You can't make someone look differently from what they look like. You can't change their bone structure, or the shape of their nose. You can improve them, and make them look as best as they can be by photoshopping or makeupping flawless skin but that's the most of it. You can make them look evocative with lighting, and setting but that doesn't change their genuine nature. All things being equal, pretty people will only look prettier in photography and still much prettier than normal people given the same treatment.
rimantas 15y ago
We are hardwired to pay attention to faces. It happened looooong time before any book was in sight. And marketing people do know this stuff.

by _debug_ 15y ago

Her web site features her looks more than her books. (In case it changes : 80% of the space is occupied by a photo of hers, and 20% by textual content). Do as I say, not as I do.

ErrantX 15y ago

This is not uncommon. Or, rather, whenever I see these self-help/express yourself better/empower yourself authors they all look very attractive and poised. Female and Male. Which annoys me. The advice in this case is good, and it doesn't feel entirely hypocritical because she admits an initial instinct to praise good looks that she has to suppress. But some of her other stuff seems less so (i.e. she is selling herself as "look, I am attractive, smiling, happy! Read my books to find out why" - and then the books are [apparently] about getting over things like beauty..)

JonnieCache 15y ago
"Or, rather, whenever I see these self-help/express yourself better/empower yourself authors they all look very attractive and poised. Female and Male." This is simply a small exposure of society's big secret: ANYONE can look attractive, even stunning, given a professional hair stylist, wardrobe person, makeup artist, and photographed properly under proper lighting, and then photoshopped. All those "beautiful" people on TV? Almost without exception, at home they look just like you or me. BUT DON'T TELL ANYONE! Western capitalism might come crashing down around us ;)
- true_religion 15y ago
  You can't make someone look differently from what they look like. You can't change their bone structure, or the shape of their nose. You can improve them, and make them look as best as they can be by photoshopping or makeupping flawless skin but that's the most of it. You can make them look evocative with lighting, and setting but that doesn't change their genuine nature. All things being equal, pretty people will only look prettier in photography and still much prettier than normal people given the same treatment.

rimantas 15y ago

We are hardwired to pay attention to faces. It happened looooong time before any book was in sight. And marketing people do know this stuff.