The Importance of the Body After re-reading the article “Beauty is Defined, Not by You” by Raina Kelly, I advised against publishing the article in the UTA newspaper, The Shorthorn. Kelley believes that women should be valued and treated based on their intelligence, not their physical appearance. Regardless of her background, the reason her article should not be published in The Shorthorn newspaper is that she has gender bias, uses an angry tone that includes profanity, and writes in an informal manner that does not fit not to his speech about how higher education takes you further than beauty. Kelley argues that women don't need to be beautiful or "sexy" to be successful. “By our culture's current standards of beauty – white, young, thin with long, straight hair – I am not beautiful” (Kelley 1). She is a colorful, "heavy" woman who does not have a slim body or good looks, but she is confident in herself. “We currently graduate the majority of undergraduate degrees (and many graduate degrees), particularly in medicine and law” (Kelley2). She claims that a woman's brain, or her educational knowledge, is more important than the appearance of her body. The author tells us that she is a plump black woman with curly hair. Is she implying that black women with curly hair can't be on the cover of a fashion or beauty magazine? This appears to be the case. Kelley appears to be angry at those who think beautiful women should succeed ahead of those who are ugly or overweight. I agree that it's a good argument, but she doesn't back it up properly and lets her emotions play a huge role in her diction or choice of words, as shown when she says that "great" women should answer when they... .. middle of paper ......not having education can achieve. It's a good argument, but she just states it and doesn't support it with any evidence or examples. Throughout her article, Kelley uses strong language to communicate her feelings to the reader and it seems a little too personal. She gets carried away when explaining her arguments, forgets to reason well and jumps from one place to another. She is not consistent with her arguments and the profanity used in her article makes her appear less educated and does not fit the character she is trying to portray. Therefore, I would not suggest publishing this article in The Shorthorn due to all the drawbacks Kelley overlooked. It will probably not reach the attention of a wide audience, with many of whom will disagree on its ideas and men will have no part in this biased article, since it only targets women..