Whiter Than White
26Apr2004 Filed under: LinkageI’m ashamed to admit that this is totally my kind of journalism:
To bleach his own
The media-fed obsession with the perfect smile has helped create an army of chalky, Tic Tac-like teeth so blindingly white they appear to be … blue
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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Sarah
April 27th, 2004 at 7:02 am
Hee. The screencaps at the beginning of the article illustrate exactly why the woman in that commercial frightens me. I just don’t find her baring her teeth at me and then smiling around it all that attractive!
Liz
April 27th, 2004 at 10:18 am
“smurfification.” hee!
kat
April 27th, 2004 at 12:33 pm
I read this one too - way before any of the other seriously important stuff - because I just love to hear abotu how we are all wacked out of our skulls with pointlessness . . . can you imagine what we are goingt to think when we look back at all of this wacky cul-de-sac-ing? And can you imagine where all of this is leading? Have you seen The Fourth Element? Lots of cute things just like this in it . . .
K
leblanc
April 29th, 2004 at 7:31 pm
i am bleaching my teeth right now as i read this. i agree that the media (and Halle Berry for goodness sake - her smile is terrifying) and advertising is making everyone with even slightly crooked or non-alabaster teeth feel ugly. however, i also know that some of us, after years of coffee and smoking and red wine drinking, have less than stellar teeth and can’t afford to have them professionally cleaned. still, i think the advertising should just stop already. we get it.
leblanc
April 29th, 2004 at 7:31 pm
i am bleaching my teeth right now as i read this. i agree that the media (and Halle Berry for goodness sake - her smile is terrifying) and advertising is making everyone with even slightly crooked or non-alabaster teeth feel ugly. however, i also know that some of us, after years of coffee and smoking and red wine drinking, have less than stellar teeth and can’t afford to have them professionally cleaned. still, i think the advertising should just stop already. we get it.