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Dear Shanazel,
In every country in the world, personal appearance means something. I can not think of any culture anywhere, where the flaunting of stretch marks serves humanity. And while I also believe that art and dance are there to provide a service to humanity, I think there is also such a thing as doing as much justice as possible to the spirit of the art form one chooses to become involved in. If belly dance were specifically about motherhood, then stretch marks just might have a place on the stage, but it is not. As I said before, stretch marks do not in any way enhance the dance form.
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Dear A'isha,
How did you get from "if we'd get past focussing attention on physical defects and physical perfection, both humanity and the dance would perhaps be better served" to "flaunting of stretchmarks serves humanity?"
Just curious.
Shanazel