Context is Love and Romance #4, page 10

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Narration: The moment our lips met… I knew! My preoccupation with women’s lib had ended… I was surrendering!

  • TheEntity@lemmy.world
    23·
    15 days ago

    It’s as if a woman’s looks boil down to: age, ethnicity, hair style, hair color, body size/shape, and boob size.

    If we’re lucky, we might get eye color. But never any facial details. Never any description of the shape of eyes, mouth, or nose.

    Even sexism aside, I can respect if someone can describe these well just because I can’t even begin to describe my own features like these, much less someone else’s.

    • logicbomb@lemmy.world
      5·
      15 days ago

      I would hope that published novelists would have a higher standard.

      But anyways, there are a lot of ways to describe facial features.

      The nose is a pretty good starting point. Big/small/wide/narrow/long. Turned up is another common one.

      Eyes are often described as large/small/wide/narrow. And behavior, darting around or dead, for example. And emotions: kind/sad.

      Large mouth, small mouth. Tooth color. Hygiene. Does it hang open? Do they work their jaw a lot? And some people’s mouths look like they want to smile or frown easily.

      I’m actually fond of the less specific ways of describing a face. She has intelligent eyes and severe features, for example. The reader both has a good idea of what kind of face it is, but still leaves a lot of room for imagination.

      These are just my thoughts. I am not a published writer.

      • brisk@aussie.zone
        51·
        15 days ago

        I’ll second less-specific descriptions. My imagination tends to exaggerate; a book says a character has a long nose? I’m picturing a witch. A strong jaw? I’m thinking Heavy from Team Fortress 2. High cheekbones? Gollum.