American Girl

How Beauty Pageants Effect Children and Women Why do girls find beauty pageants so important to their social status and popularity? For the longest time, girls have competed from ages new born all the way up to their twenties in beauty contests. Most of the time, it’s the parents who get them first started in the industry, but the amount of money and time they spend on pageants is ridiculous! Why is it so important for girls to win contests for beauty, and not for their true selves? Beauty…

Consumption of media has increased considerably amongst Americans and can be linked to growing rates of lowered self-esteem and a rasise in mental disorders. "American teenagers spend more than 10 hours a day consuming media, most of it filled with content that objectifies women and distorts their bodies and 53% of 12 year old girls feel unhappy with their bodies, 78% of 17 year old girls feel unhappy with their bodies and 65% of women and girls have an eating disorder". 2…

chilling at a swimming pool high at Los Angeles where the actress resides. The X-Men Apocalypse star is finally seen taking the much-needed break and enjoying the success of her movie’s recent blockbuster which was released in May. No doubts there were girls accompanying her for…

Barnard College, Meryl Streep SUBSTANCE/CONTENT: “Hello, I’m Meryl Streep and today, Class of 2010, I am very honored and I am humbled to be asked to pass on tips and inspiration to you for achieving success in the next part of your lives.” Image learning about success from one of the most successful actresses. She begins to explain that her success depended on putting her problems on other people, which is not the best idea. She then goes on to explain how she became an expert at her career and…

and young girls should be themselves and not feel as if they have to act a certain way in order to fit into society. The 1930’s were a very hard time for many Americans, but it was an especially difficult time for women. As men lost their jobs,…

woman sporting lingerie, a group of ladies at upscale restaurant talking loudly, eating as they please without regard to the onlookers, one onlooker being a little girl, a woman leading a business meeting to a group of men, women wearing short hairstyles, and a woman with muscles wearing a dress. According to our text “Media...represents girls and women as young, thin, beautiful, passive, dependent, and often incompetent (pg. 171). This commercial calls to question two theories in our reading,…

who transitioned from childhood to adulthood. The rite of passage that I witnessed was a Quinceanera, a Quinceanera is a coming of age celebration/ceremony that symbolizes a girls transition from childhood to adulthood/womanhood. The event started with a mass, although I was not present at the mass, my friend, the birthday girl, told me that the importance of the mass was to receive a blessing from God and ask Him for guidance as she enters a new chapter in her life (adulthood/womanhood). After…

them even when those people are being abused. One point Darley and Latane make is that American ideology is a leading cause of a lack of response when someone is in need. In one section of the essay, they focus on one main ideology that plays a major role in today 's society, but they suggest that this ideology is impairing Americans from their surroundings. For instance, Darley and Latane write "... Americans…

and influenced by the environment and by their parents. Brain chemistry and genes have also been a factor in what boys and girls do. “Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls” Katha Pollitt wrote “Why Boys Don’t’ Play with Dolls” on October eighth, nineteen ninety-four while she examines and challenges parents and adults to not lessen the biological differences between boys and girls and what messages they are receiving (Pollitt 187). Some of the things that she coveys in her essay is that she looks at…

woman 's perfect body changes, Barbie’s body is constantly changing as well. In America, young girls between the ages of five to nine, have been growing up thinking that this doll was the perfect example of beauty and femininity. When I was a little girl, Barbie was my role model. Everyday, I would strive to look like her when I grow up. I had almost every doll and every set there was. I eventually…