The Importance of the Body After reviewing the article “Beauty is Defined, and 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 and not based on their physical appearance. Regardless of his educational background, the reason why his article should not be published in The Shorthorn newspaper is because he is gender biased, uses an angry tone that includes profanity, and writes in an informal manner that does not go along with his speech about how higher education takes you further than beauty does. Kelley argues that women don't have to be beautiful or "hot" to be successful. “By the standard of beauty currently in place in our culture – that is, white, young, thin with long, straight hair, I am not beautiful” (Kelley 1). She is a “heavy” black woman who doesn't have a slim body or good looks, but she is confident. “We are currently pursuing most undergraduate degrees (and many graduate degrees), including medicine and law” (Kelley2). He states that a woman's brain, or educational knowledge, is more important than the appearance of her body. The author tells us that she is a round black woman with curly hair. Are you implying that black women with curly hair can't end up on the cover of a fashion or beauty magazine? It seems so. Kelley appears to be angry at those who think beautiful women should succeed over ugly or overweight ones. I agree that this is a good point, but she doesn't support it adequately and allows her emotions to take a huge role in her diction, or choice of words, as shown when she says that "big" women should insult a their turn.... .. half of the paper...... not have an education capable of achieving. This is a good point, but she just states it and doesn't support it with any evidence or examples. Through his article, Kelley uses strong language to communicate his feelings to the reader and it seems a little too personal. He gets carried away when explaining his arguments, forgets to argue well and jumps from place to place. She is inconsistent with her arguments and the foul language used in her article makes her seem less educated and doesn't fit the persona she is trying to put on. Therefore, I would not suggest publishing this article in The Shorthorn because of all the drawbacks Kelley has overlooked. It will most likely not reach the attention of a large audience, of which many will not agree with its ideas and men will have no part in this prejudicial article, since it is aimed only at women..