AN INTRODUCTION TO DESIRE POLITICS
Beautiful (/ˈbyo͞ odəfəl/ noun/ adjective) is the sociopolitical category and construct antithetical to Ugly; those socially positioned as attractive, valuable, virtuous, human, healthy, and/or morally pure in appearance, performance, and identity. Those considered to be Beautiful/ Desirable/ Human are given institutional, ideological, and interpersonal advantages and privilege such as more access to financial opportunities, affirming medical care, job opportunities, social relationships (romantic, sexual, platonic, etc.), believability and support within the legal system and judicial system, leadership positions, media representation, etc. Beautiful includes (but not limited to) being White, cisgender, heterosexual, aligned with Christianity/ Hegemonic Religiosity, thin, able-bodied, light-skin, neurotypical, labor-producing, social class, age, height, nationality, Non-Black ethnic and/or racial category, etc.
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Ugly (/ˈəɡlē/ noun / adjective) is the political category antithetical to Beauty; those socially positioned as unpleasant, repulsive, unhealthy, dangerous, and/or morally objectionable in appearance, performance, status, and identity. Ugly denotes the socially and politically repressed, prohibited, punished, subjugated, and oppressed for being 'Other' or situated as evil, bad, detrimental, unattractive, ill, menacing, and/or dead (i.e. Black, racialized, dark skinned, neurodivergent, deformed, disabled, fat, classed, disenfranchised, spiritually immoral, demonic, etc.) under white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. Ugly people are punished through lack of access to resources — job opportunities, raises/ promotions, relationships, leadership positions — access to affirming healthcare, access to public safety, access to state intervention (police, security, crisis support), etc.
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