“One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and 'doing a show.'”
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I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from women, usually when I failed to respond to their advances.
What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?
It may be a cliche, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.
What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them, is almost entirely female-driven.