ideal beauty in the usa

opular notions of “ideal” female beauty in the U.S. have often associated that ideal with both thinness and whiteness. What are some important practices by which female inscribe (or try to inscribe) the ideals on their bodies? More recently, women of different skin tones, ethnic heritage, shapes, and weights have become well known. Discuss some ways that these changes may now challenge, or ultimately affect that ideal.