She died for beauty

Rapper Kanye West's mother, Donda West, died at 58 after having plastic surgery of some sort in LA, according to this story from E!Online Sad because look at how beautiful Donda West was!

A spokeswoman for Donda West said the cause of death was complications stemming from a "cosmetic procedure."

The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office confirmed Monday the death is under investigation, but initial indications are that she succumbed to complications from surgery. Lieutenant Fred Corral, the watch commander, declined to elaborate, only saying West was pronounced dead at Centinela Marina Hospital in Marina del Rey at 8:20 p.m. Saturday.

If this turns out to indeed be the cause of death, hopefully it will cause people to rethink going under the knife to try and reach and idealized version of feminine beauty that is really only accomplishable by nature or PhotoShop. There are things worth dying for, but fatter lips or thinner thighs ain't one of them.

Besides, as feminist Katha Politt pointed out on "Fresh Air" radio show last week, don't people who've had plastic surgery look exactly like people who have had plastic surgery? That's not a good look unless you're trick or treating.

Ahhhh! So scary!