Susan Boyle

I'm so torn about the current obsession over this British phenom. I'm glad that she's generated a conversation about looking natural and about not "judging a book by it's cover." But my question is, why are we so surprised that someone who is unattractive has a shining singing voice? We've been conditioned to think that only beautiful people are good at anything. We see a frumpy woman take the stage and we just assume that she'll humilate herself and be pathetic. It's such a sad commentary on our culture. I'm glad that she's getting her moment in the sun, but her success just illuminates how thoroughly shallow we've become.

P.S. Of course, she promptly got a makeover.