We have become a society fully dependant on the idea that there is such thing a as the perfect girl, and we idolize her until one day who we see on a magazine cover is who we see in our reflection. As stated in The Media Affects a Teen's Body Image by Stacy Zeiger, “According to the Center for a New American Dream, children and teens are exposed to over 25,000 ads in a year.” This being broken down even further in the article titled Media, Quit Marketing "Ideal Beauty” to Teens, “the average girl has about 180 minutes of media exposure every day.” This gives plenty of time for marketers to make their impression and sell their must-have product. Unfortunately, however, has the sales increase for the companies, the actual greater negative effect
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Airbrushed, makeup dusted, slimmed down mind games. They tell us who the It Girl is, she’s all over the covers of the latest magazines and she finds herself in all the latest headlines on TV. They tell us how to be her, it’s simple really. If you budget your money properly, only 100% of it needs to go to beauty supplies and weight loss supplements to achieve her look. But what they never seem to tell us is that not even that It Girl has that look. What do I mean? I mean Photoshop, and filters, and makeup caked in every crevice, and a smile that screams, ‘I’m not really happy.’ But even then, the It Girl cares more about her paycheck then the minds of the innocent so she’ll continues to smile through the pain and lies, as she leads the blind down the narrow path of society expectations. According to The Effect of Social Media in Young Girls by Miribel Tran, “in magazines geared towards teen readers, nearly every other page is filled with a Photoshopped image of a model advertising a line of cosmetics that is sure to make us feel "prettier" and "happier" because "we're worth it."’ So upon delivery day, the crisp copies of the magazine are sent out and set up for the consumer to read. The glossy cover page features that It Girl we referenced to earlier, although, as expected, she looks slightly different. You see, her eyes have a shine in them that they didn’t before, the lifeless, tired expression now gleams bubbly, and fun, her teeth
Airbrushed, makeup dusted, slimmed down mind games. They tell us who the It Girl is, she’s all over the covers of the latest magazines and she finds herself in all the latest headlines on TV. They tell us how to be her, it’s simple really. If you budget your money properly, only 100% of it needs to go to beauty supplies and weight loss supplements to achieve her look. But what they never seem to tell us is that not even that It Girl has that look. What do I mean? I mean Photoshop, and filters, and makeup caked in every crevice, and a smile that screams, ‘I’m not really happy.’ But even then, the It Girl cares more about her paycheck then the minds of the innocent so she’ll continues to smile through the pain and lies, as she leads the blind down the narrow path of society expectations. According to The Effect of Social Media in Young Girls by Miribel Tran, “in magazines geared towards teen readers, nearly every other page is filled with a Photoshopped image of a model advertising a line of cosmetics that is sure to make us feel "prettier" and "happier" because "we're worth it."’ So upon delivery day, the crisp copies of the magazine are sent out and set up for the consumer to read. The glossy cover page features that It Girl we referenced to earlier, although, as expected, she looks slightly different. You see, her eyes have a shine in them that they didn’t before, the lifeless, tired expression now gleams bubbly, and fun, her teeth