I think it's both, though. Yes, the immediate cause is badly-briefed cover artists, but the fact that their default image of a 'heroine' is beautiful nonetheless bears witness to an agenda (conscious or not) by both publishers and society in general.
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Date: 2008-07-18 11:44 pm (UTC)