Sophia's Blade

by
Franck Bono

All too often breast augmentation goes wrong or is wrong. By wrong I am referring the error most women make in over-compensating for their insecurity by choosing breast implants that are too large for their bodies, make their breasts look like inflated beach balls, and make them look desperate and sad as a result. Celebrities are as guilty of this as middle-aged banal women are. I am thinking of women like Pamela Anderson, Melanie Griffith, and Jenna Jameson. (more…)

by
Heather Hallie

Nicole Kidman has been taken over by space aliens. It appears that she really did fall victim to possession in “The Invasion” her universally-panned and underrated 2007 film co-starring Daniel Craig. In the film she plays a mother and psychologist trying to elude the pursuit of humans possessed by alien beings devoid of emotion. Her role as super-mom and super-achieving career woman are models based on the appearance of this enigmatic actress whose facial features and physique continue to morph into someone 20 years younger than her actual forty-something age. Her continued preference for cosmetic surgery speaks to the pressures facing women in the entertainment industry and the ubiquity of self-transformation by the surgeon’s scalpel. (more…)

by
Jason MacGill

In beauty as in movies we must understand the relationship between seduction and procreation. The female form is the seducer. The male can never be. Women alter their bodies, their hair, their nails, their fashion and any other variable in an effort to stay fresh, new, young and (more…)

by
Calvin Valentine

Celebrity women from many walks of life choose to undergo breast augmentation surgery for the same reason: their power, their capital is their looks. With this reasoning, celebrity women believe that by getting breast implants, they will look more powerful, seductive, sexier, and younger. (more…)