The movie Grease displays the epitome of girls night, Sandy and her new-found friends spend a night at Rizzo’s house singing, gossiping, and writing love letters. Sandy goes in the bathroom, flustered and overwhelmed by the plethora of questions being pushed on her by the Pink Ladies, and Rizzo begins the iconic song, “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee.” The song is funny at the expense of Sandy, and the recognition of being made fun of drives Sandy to a ponderous ballad. As the Pink Ladies ridiculed Sandy in the 1950’s musical, girls in today’s world similarly ridicule their peers; however, the fun is made at the expense of other adolescents on a much more public platform, they can do it online. Social media can be used to create opportunities to
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Rachel Simmons, a research writer for Time magazine, discovered the following information: “This year, an analysis of 50 so-called “fitspiration” websites revealed messaging that was indistinguishable, at times, from pro-anorexia or “thinspiration” websites.” The repercussions of forcing thin, fit, model-like bodies as an “inspiration” is the fact that it makes adolescents critical of their bodies. The implications of the target group being a younger generation is positive in the sense that these accounts try to promote healthy lifestyles, but the negative consequences stem from comparison of growing, young adult bodies to full-grown adults that often are fitness buffs for a living. The “fit-spo” accounts possess content purely consisting of “this content has the power to influence their body image and encourage exercise to alter their appearance” (Carrotte). The main result of such content is actually detrimental to the mentality of the users following the “fitspiration” account. The lifestyle looks perfect, with an ideal body that is thin yet toned; however, not everyone has the genetics to attain the thin body shape that is idealized. It promotes working on a healthier life, yet does not promote positive self-image as it forces users to compare themselves to the professionals they follow on Instagram, Twitter, or Snapchat and feel the need to alter their appearance, thus showing that they think their appearance is not good
Rachel Simmons, a research writer for Time magazine, discovered the following information: “This year, an analysis of 50 so-called “fitspiration” websites revealed messaging that was indistinguishable, at times, from pro-anorexia or “thinspiration” websites.” The repercussions of forcing thin, fit, model-like bodies as an “inspiration” is the fact that it makes adolescents critical of their bodies. The implications of the target group being a younger generation is positive in the sense that these accounts try to promote healthy lifestyles, but the negative consequences stem from comparison of growing, young adult bodies to full-grown adults that often are fitness buffs for a living. The “fit-spo” accounts possess content purely consisting of “this content has the power to influence their body image and encourage exercise to alter their appearance” (Carrotte). The main result of such content is actually detrimental to the mentality of the users following the “fitspiration” account. The lifestyle looks perfect, with an ideal body that is thin yet toned; however, not everyone has the genetics to attain the thin body shape that is idealized. It promotes working on a healthier life, yet does not promote positive self-image as it forces users to compare themselves to the professionals they follow on Instagram, Twitter, or Snapchat and feel the need to alter their appearance, thus showing that they think their appearance is not good