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3. Schonheitswahn! great word.

Thu May 16, 2013, 05:13 PM

May 2013

In English it means one of the following:
.. cult of beauty
.. beauty mania
.. obsession with beauty
.. beauty craze

http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/schoenheitswahn

That's the Barbie theme in a nutshell.

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Yep, feminism is being commercialized. We're seeing that here too. patrice May 2013 #1

Ugh! All that pink! Like walking through somebody's stomach! Warpy May 2013 #2

Schonheitswahn! great word. Gormy Cuss May 2013 #3