Female Beauty Icons Then & Now -- (50 years apart)

[haparnold]

Eww, Jane Fonda.
Physical beauty in spades, but some things are unforgivable.

 

[ashdigger]

Alex Morgan and Jane Fonda are both idiots.

 

[georged]

Emma Watson.

Emma Stone.

Alex Morgan. (Soccer)

Jennifer Lawrence.

Amanda Bynes.

Kiera Knightly.

Natalie Portman.

They're all late 20s/early-mid 30's (except the soccer girl, never heard of her)... They grew up BEFORE the Social Media Age began its feedback loop of "influencers" endlessly trying to one-up each other.
i.e. Shit be different now, yo.

 

[elbert]

ALL millennials are late 20s/early-mid 30s, I'm just telling you what I grew up with.
Had to Google why Alex Morgan was an idiot. Evidently she hurt somebody's widdle feewings the other day. Oh well. If I had a fraction of her talent I wouldn't be talking about her on the internet right now!

 

[ashdigger]

As for your "google", I doubt you know why I think she's an idiot. Whatever.

 

[georged]

Had to Google why Alex Morgan ... If I had a fraction of her talent I wouldn't be talking about her on the internet right now!

Isn't it weird that the people most admired in today's world are 1) grown-ups who play children's games unusually well (usually involving a ball); 2) professional deceivers---a.k.a. "actors"---whose job it is to fool people as convincingly as possible while reciting words written by others; and 3) people who have a nice voice and do musical things with it.

 

[elbert]

I couldn't agree with you more, George! That's why I don't use social media or follow sports, and 90 percent of the content I consume is books and podcasts. Lately I've been listening to a lot of Dave Ramsey--because there's nothing sexier than smart money
Everyone is personally responsible for separating themselves from the outrage cycle. It's bad for ya.

 

[olkofri]

The new version of the forum better come with an Unwatch button! 8O
And a puke emoticon.

 

[ron123]

Tastes change, apparently LOL. The current fashion of girls with turd cutters twice the width of what was considered hot 20 years ago is completely lost on me...too much junk in the trunks these days.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

The fact that those women might actually believe they look attractive like that, just goes to show you how insane some of these people are.

 

[davek]

 

[mikethompson]

I'm not sure the women posted are being called beauty icons by anybody. Certainly styles change over time, but I would hardly say they are being put on a pedestal as icons.
People can dress or look how they want IMO.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Not sure what George googled but when I searched beautiful woman, I got images like this.

 

[autumnfog]

I've learned that there is beautiful women in every country and in all eras.
Now trends, subcultures and bodmods on the extreme side... well, that's acquired taste I guess. :roll:

 

[agnosticpipe]

Sometimes beauty is in the eye of the "beer holder". :mrgreen:

 

[jpmcwjr]

I hope some of those exaggerated "features" are photoshopped, and not real. One can hope....
Now, here's a contemporary woman who's not famous, nor a game player. She is smoking my Prince.

 

[jpmcwjr]

PS. Am I the only one in the world who doesn't think Liz Taylor is attractive?

 

[pappymac]

Liz Taylor stopped being attractive back in the 1970s.
Liv Taylor has big lips but is still attractive.

 

[ashdigger]

Everyone is personally responsible for separating themselves from the outrage cycle. It's bad for ya.

Thanks Dr. Phil. How have I managed to live this long without you?

 

[glassjapan]

Must be me, but everywhere I look there's beautiful woman IRL, social media or movies and TV. But if you're out there looking for ugly...you'll find it alright.