{"id":7553,"date":"2011-05-04T21:09:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T05:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=7553"},"modified":"2011-05-04T21:09:36","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T05:09:36","slug":"exciting-man-woman-at-sephora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/exciting-man-woman-at-sephora\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting Man-Woman at Sephora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/manly-woman-small1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7555\" title=\"manly woman small\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/manly-woman-small1.jpg?resize=529%2C590\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/manly-woman-small1.jpg?w=529&amp;ssl=1 529w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/manly-woman-small1.jpg?resize=268%2C300&amp;ssl=1 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My friend R took me to<strong> Sephora <\/strong>today, to replace the <strong>NARS<\/strong> lipstick that her dog chewed up.<\/p>\n<p>And what did I see at the check-out counter but a big frightening man-woman! If only my crappy cellphone picture could do her\/him justice.<\/p>\n<p>My first view was from behind, as I noticed the fake black hair with the texture of a cheap&nbsp;\u00a0Halloween&nbsp;\u00a0wig. There was a slight <strong>Angelina Jolie<\/strong> aspect in the profile, due to inflated lips and a hacked-off nose. &nbsp;\u00a0Gigantic implants contrasted nicely with the massive, muscular arms. I should have tried to see what she or he was buying, the better to figure out what gender (if any) was being represented.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, I think this is a good lesson in the perils of plastic surgery AND body building. Back in the dark ages when I lifted weights, many of the female pros had managed to turn themselves into sad parodies of men, via steroids and dieting. &nbsp;\u00a0It isn&#8217;t a pretty picture but clearly one&#8217;s&nbsp;\u00a0aesthetic&nbsp;\u00a0ideal is badly distorted by this point.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s much better to let nature take its course; there is a limit to how much it can mess you up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend R took me to Sephora today, to replace the NARS lipstick that her dog chewed up. And what did I see at the check-out counter but a big frightening man-woman! If only my crappy cellphone picture could do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/godammit.com\/exciting-man-woman-at-sephora\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[9],"tags":[975,579],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7t44M-1XP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}