Harper's BAZAARさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Harper's BAZAARInstagram)「There is an undeniable privilege and power in being beautiful. In general, the world responds more positively to beauty—but how much social responsibility should this reasonably create for those who happen to possess it? In her memoir, ‘No Filter,’ model @paulinaporizkov recalls being called out in an Instagram comment after expressing her struggles as a model with toxic beauty standards. “You played a big role in creating the machine that makes people feel worthless if they aren’t 'magazine beautiful,’” the comment read, "and now you are crying because the system is making you feel like you made everyone else feel.” “It seemed like she assumed that there was a responsibility to beauty—that beauty was a gift to be used virtuously, for moral good,” Porizkova writes. “But does being beautiful mean that you have a greater responsibility to be virtuous? By that same logic, would someone less beautiful have less responsibility to be virtuous?” So, what is the responsibility of beauty? Porizkova, admits, “The question sat there, haunting me. I had no answer but I continually puzzled over it.” Keep reading at the link in bio. #SundayLongReads」6月11日 23時01分