Comments on: Botoxed Bridezillas http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/08/botoxbesotted_b.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: A.J. Sutter http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/08/botoxbesotted_b.html/comment-page-1#comment-48025 A.J. Sutter Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:20:20 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/08/botoxed-bridezillas.html#comment-48025 Some proponents of the décroissance/decrescità ("de-growth") movement in Europe, e.g. Serge Latouche, have proposed a tax on advertising, or at least on certain categories of it. And Edo-era Japan had many sumptuary taxes and restrictions on dress (though these were intended, at least in part, to preserve privileges of rank). Still, if your target is body image specifically, how would taxing cosmetic procedures change the images in fashion ads, movies, etc.? Do you think it would deter ambitious models and actors from undergoing the procedures, to the extent they need them at all when they're in the early part of their career (sc., when it might be more of a financial bite)? And how would it reduce bulimia and anorexia, which are free? Some proponents of the décroissance/decrescità (“de-growth”) movement in Europe, e.g. Serge Latouche, have proposed a tax on advertising, or at least on certain categories of it. And Edo-era Japan had many sumptuary taxes and restrictions on dress (though these were intended, at least in part, to preserve privileges of rank).

Still, if your target is body image specifically, how would taxing cosmetic procedures change the images in fashion ads, movies, etc.? Do you think it would deter ambitious models and actors from undergoing the procedures, to the extent they need them at all when they’re in the early part of their career (sc., when it might be more of a financial bite)? And how would it reduce bulimia and anorexia, which are free?

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