She’s got legs

Magic Molly links to this TED talk by Aimee Mullins about traditional standards of beauty and the misnomer of disability.

I get what Mullins is trying to say, and I agree with her on most points, but at the same time she is speaking she is walking around on prosthetic legs made for high heels, legs that give her 6 extra inches, making her over six feet tall. And Mullins is a fashion model who has walked the runway for Alexander McQueen and was named by People Magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.

One wonders if she might feel differently about the standards of beauty if her disabilities were, say, above her neck, not below her waist.