The Kardashians and the Change of Beauty
In 1751, British essayist David Home, wrote “Beauty is no quality in things themselves…; Each mind perceives a different beauty (Hume)”. In the last two hundred and sixty-six years, this concept of beauty has all but vanished. Today beauty comes from a social aspect, completely corrupted by money hunger companies, or the desire to be accepted. In American societies, children, teens, and young adults all have icons. Whether athletes or models, celebrities or chefs, everyone idolizes someone. Unfortunately, because of the idolization of the highest, most successful people, many young Americans have lost the true meaning of beauty and are forced to change themselves to create a more “perfect” self. The …show more content…
In its constant pursuit of monetary gain, Hollywood has grown to love the Kardashians empire. Whether it is their TV show, cosmetic brand, clothing brands, or magazine modeling pictures; it seems everything the Kardashians do becomes a front page headline. This main stream saturation of their activities portrays or labels everything they do as relevant. This publicity allows it to then be imitated by millions of fans and followers. Winston Churchill once said, “The price of greatness is responsibility” (Churchill 1942). The Kardashian have abused this responsibility and abused their power to promote sexualization for their own personal and monetary gain. As if changing the physical altercation of beauty wasn’t enough, the Kardashians have used their limelight to change the inner and sacred beauty of women. As if getting famous, or in this case infamous, for a sex tape wasn’t enough, the Kardashians have begun to develop into human beings that strive for others to desire them. On October 5th, 2015 the Kardashians had the honor of being the cover for Cosmopolitans 50th year anniversary. Although the legitimacy of the Cosmopolitan Magazine can be debated, the honor to represent the cover is a rather impressive feat. In typical Karadashian style, the family bastardized the honor by using the cover opportunity to display themselves in a sexual manner. The magazine cover shows all the Kardashian and Jenner girls in nothing but white button-down shirts. As if the “Risky Business” image wasn’t risqué enough, they also posed with windblown messy hair with deep stares into the camera. Now consumers may have inaccurately labeled this picture as provocative, but is hard to mislabel the headlines of the magazines pulling costumers attention to “Creating an Epic Ass” (America’s First Family), putting a
In 1751, British essayist David Home, wrote “Beauty is no quality in things themselves…; Each mind perceives a different beauty (Hume)”. In the last two hundred and sixty-six years, this concept of beauty has all but vanished. Today beauty comes from a social aspect, completely corrupted by money hunger companies, or the desire to be accepted. In American societies, children, teens, and young adults all have icons. Whether athletes or models, celebrities or chefs, everyone idolizes someone. Unfortunately, because of the idolization of the highest, most successful people, many young Americans have lost the true meaning of beauty and are forced to change themselves to create a more “perfect” self. The …show more content…
In its constant pursuit of monetary gain, Hollywood has grown to love the Kardashians empire. Whether it is their TV show, cosmetic brand, clothing brands, or magazine modeling pictures; it seems everything the Kardashians do becomes a front page headline. This main stream saturation of their activities portrays or labels everything they do as relevant. This publicity allows it to then be imitated by millions of fans and followers. Winston Churchill once said, “The price of greatness is responsibility” (Churchill 1942). The Kardashian have abused this responsibility and abused their power to promote sexualization for their own personal and monetary gain. As if changing the physical altercation of beauty wasn’t enough, the Kardashians have used their limelight to change the inner and sacred beauty of women. As if getting famous, or in this case infamous, for a sex tape wasn’t enough, the Kardashians have begun to develop into human beings that strive for others to desire them. On October 5th, 2015 the Kardashians had the honor of being the cover for Cosmopolitans 50th year anniversary. Although the legitimacy of the Cosmopolitan Magazine can be debated, the honor to represent the cover is a rather impressive feat. In typical Karadashian style, the family bastardized the honor by using the cover opportunity to display themselves in a sexual manner. The magazine cover shows all the Kardashian and Jenner girls in nothing but white button-down shirts. As if the “Risky Business” image wasn’t risqué enough, they also posed with windblown messy hair with deep stares into the camera. Now consumers may have inaccurately labeled this picture as provocative, but is hard to mislabel the headlines of the magazines pulling costumers attention to “Creating an Epic Ass” (America’s First Family), putting a