Song of the day: The Fear - Lily Allen
The media, these days, has created a mold of what women “should be” in this society. It’s sickening. Since when do girls need to be perfect to be loved? When I was 13 I attended a modeling competition. While standing in line to talk to one of the companies for a call back I over heard them talking to one of the girls in front of me. She was a tall and slender girl. One of the skinniest girls I’ve met. I stood horrified as they told this willowy girl that she needed to lose 2 inches off her waist because she was “over weight”. The average height and weight for a model is 5’10” and 110 lbs. and the height and weight for the average women is 5’4” and 145 lbs. That’s a big difference. Because of things like this we have girls who diet at ages as young as 10. Subsequently girls develop eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and other dietary conditions. When I was younger I looked up to Hilary Duff. When she used to be in the show Lizzi McGuire she would say that it was okay to be a little bit bigger. She didn’t let the media bring her down and she didn’t care what other people thought of her. A couple years ago she came to Moncton and I had the chance to meet her. Not only was she thin but she was unhealthy skinny. I felt like giving her a Big Mac. The media has conquered over most of us and it’s time we fight back. Don’t let the media effect how you feel because really those girls in the ads aren’t real. At one point they probably looked just like you or me but the people who created that ad used a really good program called photo shop. Unfortunately for the rest of us, photo shop can’t help us get ready in the morning so I guess we’re just going to have to ignore that brainwashing media and hope he goes away. Inside every girl there’s something beautiful that make-up can never replicate, something that photo shop can’t fake. Let that be what you embrace, not what the media says you should be.
The media, these days, has created a mold of what women “should be” in this society. It’s sickening. Since when do girls need to be perfect to be loved? When I was 13 I attended a modeling competition. While standing in line to talk to one of the companies for a call back I over heard them talking to one of the girls in front of me. She was a tall and slender girl. One of the skinniest girls I’ve met. I stood horrified as they told this willowy girl that she needed to lose 2 inches off her waist because she was “over weight”. The average height and weight for a model is 5’10” and 110 lbs. and the height and weight for the average women is 5’4” and 145 lbs. That’s a big difference. Because of things like this we have girls who diet at ages as young as 10. Subsequently girls develop eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and other dietary conditions. When I was younger I looked up to Hilary Duff. When she used to be in the show Lizzi McGuire she would say that it was okay to be a little bit bigger. She didn’t let the media bring her down and she didn’t care what other people thought of her. A couple years ago she came to Moncton and I had the chance to meet her. Not only was she thin but she was unhealthy skinny. I felt like giving her a Big Mac. The media has conquered over most of us and it’s time we fight back. Don’t let the media effect how you feel because really those girls in the ads aren’t real. At one point they probably looked just like you or me but the people who created that ad used a really good program called photo shop. Unfortunately for the rest of us, photo shop can’t help us get ready in the morning so I guess we’re just going to have to ignore that brainwashing media and hope he goes away. Inside every girl there’s something beautiful that make-up can never replicate, something that photo shop can’t fake. Let that be what you embrace, not what the media says you should be.
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