Special issueBody beauty
The main word of recent times can be considered not "selfie", but "diversity" - now they talk about diversity not only at the sermon, but also from magazines. Nevertheless, the history of world culture shows that the diversity of beauty has always been, however, it really was in the eyes of the beholder, and the mouthpiece was at the mercy of those to whom it is more profitable. As our heroine Iris Apfel said, "in a society where there is one standard of beauty, there is something wrong with culture." To accept this, stop listening to those who argue the opposite, and love yourself, it is enough to peer into each person - a unique representative of diversity from the beginning of time. In this issue we are talking about how ideas about beauty have changed through the epochs, what influenced it, and how to find harmony with ourselves and our body.
Body culture
How to find yourself in the history of beauty
Imagine in the same room at the same time all the women which you have ever seen - from Marilyn Monroe to the casual passer-by and the Thai TV host. They have nothing in common except that they are all human. But the beauty industry and the history of art, which is still decided to comprehend through the eyes of a white European, strive to confuse maps and give a clear standard, which neither you nor even Angelina Jolie most likely do not meet. Why this is happening and where this ideal of unattainable beauty comes from is a big and important question. Beauty is a matter of taste: it equally confirms the choice of partners by friends and polar comments under photos of celebrities. But for an adequate relationship with your body, it is more important to find support in the present and the past: short (in your opinion) fingers and plump (in your opinion) thighs have already happened to someone on this planet, and this is not an insuperable drawback, but an important and necessary one. a particular biological type, habitat, lineage, and social group. And there is nothing better and clearer than the general history of art to gain this support.
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Alina Nikitina
about photography and the cult of beauty
Photography truly loves leaner figures, flowing lines and classic proportions.
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Daniyar Shekebayev
about keto-diet and weight loss
When I was big and fat, every trip to the store was a thin red line between fitting and nervous breakdown
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Julia Grebenkina
about perfectionism, shame and gloss
One of the most popular posts I had a text about cosmetic laziness, which remains my life concept
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Dilyara Larina
about the fullness, the reaction of men and the power of the female breast
When I had the third breast size, I ruled the world, when I became the sixth - my power increased
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Edward Titov
about the role of ideals of beauty, age and sport
I accept age-related changes as a given - you cannot get away from them, you can only delay time
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Big changes:
How to take a variety of beauty
year 2014. An open lesbian leads the Oscar ceremony and jokes about the fact that John Hill showed a member in “The Wolf of Wall Street” that she hadn’t seen for so long. For three seasons in a row, Lena Dunam shines with her unwary body in the main girlish series of modern times, and then appears on the cover of Vogue (however, elegantly photographed). Dazed in one year puts on the cover a very elderly Iris Apfel and a very dark-skinned Lupita Nyong'o. A couple of years before, GQ recognized Christina Hendricks as the woman of the year, the world goes crazy about Adel and Kim Kardashian, and Jennifer Lawrence loudly refuses to lose weight (but in the end she still loses weight). The cover of The Gentlewoman is decorated with not hiding wrinkles Susan Sarandon and Vivienne Westwood. Oprah and Scarlett are removed without makeup, and the plain woman Peggy Olsen becomes the second (if not the first) hero of the Mad Men TV series, pushing aside the harsh secrets and wives of Don Draper.
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Special edition prepared:
Chief Editor: Olya Strakhovskaya Deputy Chief Editor: Katya Birger Editors: Masha Vorslav, Elina Chebboha Senior designer: Yulya Kimaeva Designer: Dima Pustovoitov Photo editor and producer: Lyuba Kozorezova special thanks to Roman Khudonogov, Alexander Averin, Pavel Samokhvalov, Egor Slizyaku