Mr. Spock takes on Conventional Beauty

Talk about timely.

Leonard Nimoy sits down to talk with Steven Colbert about the problems with the way the idea of "conventional" beauty is formulated and sold.

Check it out and pay special attention to Colbert's commentary--even though it's sarcastic, it's incredibly insightful and critical:

Again, the discussion is aimed directly at girls...is this a good approach? The correct approach? And how do we feel about Leonard (Len) Nimoy discussing this? Could he have other interests than what he is saying? (Does he have a movie coming out or something?) Is what he talking about hegemony? And in that scheme, does he become an organic intellectual.

Thanks to your classmate Chris for passing this along--proving that we're truly on the cusp of things in this class!