astercontrol:

astercontrol:

I am trying and failing to form any concept of the beauty standards in The Land of Oz.

how would you feel about your appearance if someone told you “only bad witches are ugly,” thirty seconds after asking “are you a good witch or a bad witch”

does glinda think dorothy’s ugly or not

this feels like a logic puzzle

“only bad witches are ugly” translates to an “if-then” statement (if a witch is ugly then she’s bad) but not an “if and only if” statement. It places all ugly witches within the category of bad witches but not necessarily vice versa

Glinda’s statement implies that

• all ugly witches are bad
• all good witches are pretty
• some bad witches might be pretty too

Glinda’s question implies that:

• she does not know if Dorothy is bad or good
• if she knew Dorothy was ugly, she would know Dorothy was a bad witch

therefore

if Glinda has an opinion on Dorothy’s appearance, she must consider her pretty.

…good to know i guess?