Summary: The Negative Influence Of Kim Kardashian

Fifty years ago the Kardashians would have been shunned. Their continuously promiscuous behavior would be something to hide; it certainly would not have been celebrated and broadcasted through a show that is going on its seventh season. Today, Kim Kardashian has 27 million followers on Instagram. The Kardashians are so famous that even my senile, eighty year old grandfather could tell you who they are. Their show has given them a platform to show their wealth and the profits that they’ve made as a result of loose morals and poor choices. Not only do the Kardashians have a platform to promote their decisions, but people actually care. If America had the sense to put more importance on the events that actually mattered, the Kardashian’s negative influence would dwindle. However, America focuses more on Kim Kardashian’s marriage to Kanye West than the fact that Malala Yousafzi, a seventeen year old Pakistani girl, won the noble peace prize. Young, impressionable girls are seeing the importance …show more content…
Studies are showing that “half of girls and one-third of boys as young as six to eight think their ideal weight is thinner than their current size” (Wallace). While the Kardashians cannot be entirely to blame for this, their attitude towards body size is damaging to anyone’s self-esteem and body image. With many people saying that the Kardashians are perfect, it is hard to hear that they still need to be changing, losing weight, and are still working to better themselves. It is even harder when these girls don’t realized that the Kardashians have access to professional makeup artists, personal trainers, nutritionists, and professional photographers to use Photoshop to manipulate them into the ideal person. Without access to any of these things, how is a girl supposed to come anywhere close to perfection, especially when the Kardashians themselves haven’t reached