Pretty Hurts

One of my favorites, Beyonce', did something unprecedented as an artist yesterday.  She completely surprised the world with an album and videos with no prior press release or single or any notice.  I think that's pretty awesome.  I think it's like 14 songs, 17 videos.  I mean, I don't know how you even do that, but if I looked and moved like Beyonce', you would never NOT have a video with anything I did.  I'm actually probably going to make a video before I make a song.  lol....anyway, my favorite song so far is called "pretty hurts."  It's perfect really, and for someone like her to make it speaks even louder.  Just like every other female in the world, I feel like women are pounded every single day to look a certain way.  I have and in certain extents still go to great lengths to maintain it.  I mean, really, do I HAVE to dye my hair?  Travis tells me all the time to go natural, and I'm like NO WAY.  Seriously, I can tell you from personal experience a size or number doesn't bring happiness.  Neither does a certain hair color or the right makeup if you're empty inside.  But that's not what is portrayed. Victoria's Secret models are hanging half naked in the mall from floor to ceiling.  Jaggar won't even walk by without his hand over his eyes.  And Sage said, "So...are those girls really that thin?"  See what I mean?  This song is sad. And true.  And I'm glad someone like Beyonce' is shouting the message that perfection IS a disease of the nation..pretty hurts....trying to fix something that you can't see, but it's the soul that needs surgery.  More Christmas things to come when I upload them from my phone! ;)