Disillusioned, or An Introduction

Ordinarily, I wonder in my sanity to decide to blog.  It's been something I've debated for several months.  However, over the last week, I have been pushed to finally post.  As some people who are possibly reading this, I constantly have strong opinions.  It is one of those opinions that brings me here now.
The Internet has been abuzz with news about the column written by Samantha Brick, asking why women hate her because she's attractive.  Ordinarily, I don't get involved in things like this.  I saw the article about the backlash on Yahoo! and wondered if it was a troll.  Out of sheer curiosity, I investigated.  What I found... it stunned me.

I knew that people can be very vicious, but I hadn't realized exactly how much a single column could turn the world against a woman.  Some of the comments I do agree with.  However, the reaction of the author... It was what truly stunned me.  Thanks to a wondrous search engine, I was able to find a trove of articles about the backlash and article in question.  Frankly, it all disgusted me.  It was not merely the reaction of the readers, but the desire of the author to post something like this in the first place.

Do we not have enough beautiful people?  Where did all the intelligent ones go?  I know I'm not the last teenage girl who couldn't care less about the way she's perceived.  However, as I look around me, I see people obsessed with the material objects that make our lives easier and the cosmetic side of human nature.  It made me realize something.  We've become vain.  Vanity has always been a part of human nature, but never has it extended quite this far.  We have our world famous celebrities, the ones we turn to for the latest fashions, the latest insipid comments Tweets.  What happened?

So, this is me, disillusioned with society.  An outsider among those who would rather not see the problems.  However, I'm happy to be who I am.  I am, and forever will be, merely, madly me.