Why does Maga Elite like obvious cosmetic surgery? | Arwa Mahdawi

one The Chimpanzee Group in Zambia has been busy putting grass on its ears and taking root for fashion purposes. A scientist who studies behavior Thinking that an influential chimpanzee started the trend, rather than the other gangs’ advance, “Partner, you look like an idiot”, it followed suit.

Obviously, we haven’t evolved as much from apes, as similar phenomena work with billionaires and make America’s excellent (Maga) suits again, who are spending a lot of money to get the same plastic surface. Trends are so common that there is even a name: Mar-a-lago face. In women, the appearance is characterized by huge lips that look as if it can absorb a little kid, frozen facial expressions, cheeks so you can hide a gerbil under them. Men are smooth too Frozen facesbut they don’t have bigger lips to pair them with larger jaws. In recent years, The surgeon reported A large number of male clients demand stronger Jawlines.

I don’t usually feel snot about someone’s appearance, but it makes it clear to us: no one was born on Mar-a-Lago’s face. These are not human faces, they are luxurious meat masks designed to belong to wealth and within the group. Laura Loomer, Kristi Noem, and Matt Gaetz can all afford excellent surgeons and subtle cosmetic surgery, but unless they all use all the procedures, they seem to deliberately choose comics that look like AI-generated. It can only be speculated that they live in such strange little bubbles, and everyone is addicted to the filling, and this obvious consumption of cosmetic surgery has become incredible.

It’s certainly ideal for Donald Trump, who is obsessed with optics, and his main focus on his bottom seems to be their performance on TV. In 2017, a report from Axios said that Trump wanted his female staff to “Dress like a womanand asked his male employees to “a certain appearance”. Over the years, “a certain appearance” seemed to have become more extreme.

The obsession with traditional gender norms also seems to lead to today’s exaggerated aesthetics. Earlier this year, a New York dermatologist Tell Politico In a time of cultural conservatism, this fashion often turns to more traditional gender expressions. “Ironically… they are against trans and gender affirmation care,” the dermatologist said of Trump’s inner track. “Because, you know, they’re all doing their own gender affirmation care.” By contrast, the homeless chimpanzees in Zambia seem complicated.

Arwa Mahdawi is a guardian columnist