https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/maralago-face-conserva
tive-girl-makeup-brutal-aesthetics-of-maga-trump-gaetz-guilfoyle/
Although plastic surgery and injectables are enjoyed far beyond
conservative circles, what distinguishes Mar-a-Lago face from what
you and I might contemplate getting done on an especially
self-flagellating day is the aggressive, overt nature with which
MAGA-ites seem to pursue it. “Over the top, overdone,
ridiculous,” is how one New York plastic surgeon I spoke with
described it.
“What we’re seeing with something like Mar-a-Lago face is a
swing back toward [an era of plastic surgery when] people can tell
that people have had work done,” Alka Menon, a professor of
sociology at Yale University, told me.
“I read it as a sign of physical submission to Donald Trump, a
statement of fealty to him and the idea that the surface of a
policy is the only thing that matters,” says Anne Higonnet, a
professor of art history at Barnard College. “In a way, these
women are performing a key part of Donald Trump’s whole
political persona.”
. . .
What Noem did seem to have was the face for the job. “I want you
in the ads, and I want your face in the ads,” Noem recently
recalled Trump saying, referring to a set of new taxpayer-funded
ads celebrating the immigration crackdown. “I want you to thank
me. I want you to thank me for closing the border.”
Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote in news:vr95ds$4mec$2@dont-email.me:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/maralago-face-conserva
tive-girl-makeup-brutal-aesthetics-of-maga-trump-gaetz-guilfoyle/
Although plastic surgery and injectables are enjoyed far beyond
conservative circles, what distinguishes Mar-a-Lago face from what
you and I might contemplate getting done on an especially
self-flagellating day is the aggressive, overt nature with which
MAGA-ites seem to pursue it. “Over the top, overdone,
ridiculous,” is how one New York plastic surgeon I spoke with
described it.
“What we’re seeing with something like Mar-a-Lago face is a
swing back toward [an era of plastic surgery when] people can tell
that people have had work done,” Alka Menon, a professor of
sociology at Yale University, told me.
“I read it as a sign of physical submission to Donald Trump, a
statement of fealty to him and the idea that the surface of a
policy is the only thing that matters,” says Anne Higonnet, a
professor of art history at Barnard College. “In a way, these
women are performing a key part of Donald Trump’s whole
political persona.”
. . .
What Noem did seem to have was the face for the job. “I want you
in the ads, and I want your face in the ads,” Noem recently
recalled Trump saying, referring to a set of new taxpayer-funded
ads celebrating the immigration crackdown. “I want you to thank
me. I want you to thank me for closing the border.”
When Trump doesn't get enough adulation
he forces people to give it to him.
How childish is that?
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