Weekly Entry # 9
This link leads to the following article:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.06/melanotan.html
Thin! Tan! Hotter Than Hell!
Pharmaceutical labs are cooking up a new class of pills that make looking good feel better than ever.
By Wil McCarthy
This article is extremely interesting. It contains information pertaining to the “Barbie Pill”. The “Barbie Pill” is a drug which is in development that would help to enhance your tan, increase your sex drive, make you lose weight and help you to become more attractive. The following quote is my favorite part of the article: “Yesterday’s drugs were about need; today’s are about desire”. Despite all of the medical epidemics which are occurring worldwide, I think that the “Barbie Pill” truly shows how highly Americans value physical beauty.
