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The ‘NY Times’ Discovers Latinas ‘Pechonalidad’
Better late than never.
The New York Times today informs the world about one little secret many of us have known for, like, centuries: That Latinas equate big breasts with a strong personality. As a 27-year-old Dominican patient of a plastic surgeon in Washington Heights told the newspaper:
This blogger thinks the story is sublime, and should be considered for this year’s Pulitzer Prize awards, except the Times makes one important mistake:
“[…]Immigrants can locate surgeons able to recreate the cleavage of Thalía, the Mexican singer.”
Thalia???!! You gotta be kidding me. If this blogger were to go for a “Latin cleavage,” there’s no way I’d go for the Thalia type. I would plunk down my entire savings -and 401K- accounts to get the Sofía Vergara-look, or at the very least, the Bárbara Bermudo one. Of course, I would have to say good-bye to Sunday mass.
Source: Plastic Surgery Among Ethnic Groups Mirrors Beauty Ideals – NYTimes.com.