Body modification

Imagine a world where you cannot control your body movement. You cannot express yourself with gestures and you cannot move your hand to grab that last chip in the Pringles container. You have no control of your own body. This is what the world would be like without movement. It would almost be equivalent to being a robot. Someone else controls you, but you have no mental capacity to do it on your own. This would be a very boring and uneventful life. Movement is a very important thing to me. I…

The human body has been a mainstay in the art world and its use spans across time and most ever culture. The human form has been used to tell stories, communicate cultural values, and reflect religious beliefs. It can be used to show emotion like happiness, sadness, despair and status such as power, importance, or poverty. The artist may use a realistic form or something morphed or stylistic based on what he is trying to convey to his audience. Whatever the purpose may be, the use of the…

Critchley explains that “the body that I am becomes the body that I have, the body-subject becomes an object for me which both the possibility of taking up a critical position, and also underlines my alienation from the world and nature” (Critchley, 42.) This concept of being and having underlines an inherent…

My goal is probably not one that most people would set for themselves. Most people set their goals in terms of their education, career, and family. My goal is to lead a healthier life style because I’ve gotten tired living with obesity and being unhealthy. At the age of 15, my doctor officially diagnosed me as an obese child. Being overweight did not affect me personally while I was in Elementary and in Middle School. When I moved to be in High school, however, I began to feel social pressure to…

thousand B.C., Lorna show on her “Piercing Evolution: A Historical Timeline- Ancient Roots.” Lorna says nose piercings were found in the Middle East. The symbolism and history behind nose piercings says Laura who wrote an article called “History of Body Piercings,” it eases pain,…

concept and connects that with the body privilege and body consciousness. Witnessing body privilege plays a strong impact on women who consider themselves overweight. This creates the body consciousness to develop. Women and men both see how their own bodies are not being considered when things are being built. “..whereas thin or ‘normal’ sized individuals take things such as chairs, desks, and public bathrooms for granted, women experience these objects as triggers to body consciousness and as…

I slowly examined my scrawny legs, and observed new scars that I did not recognize, running up my lower body. In an unsuccessful attempt to stand up, an excruciating pain shot through my leg, and made its way up my body. I heard a faint noise coming from my right side, and noticed my tearful mother sitting next to me, patiently but anxiously waiting for me to wake…

A magazine takes away from a woman's true beauty, which can make a woman insecure about herself and body. Magazine corporations should have no right to photoshop a woman’s picture at all. Photoshopping a photo can lead to many problems and breakdowns. Why wouldn’t you want to show the beauty of a woman that is all natural? Magazines should never alter a woman's image because it is false advertisement, can affect self-esteem, and it also promotes unattainable beauty. False advertisement is all…

Mehta’s article “Pretty unreal: ever wish you could look as hot as celebrities do? Well, they don’t look as good as you think,” the main idea is how seeing all those artificially perfect images of celebrities can hurt the way you see and feel about your body; and the way you think others see you. The principal purpose is to inform that not because celebrities look fit means they are healthy. She affirms this idea affects boys, but girls the most. To support it, Mehta collected opinions of…

3. In my opinion, it would make sense to defend Kraft, General Mills, and Kellogg’s mission statement with a two-sided nonrefutational message. Consumers already have a predetermined notion linking childhood obesity and advertising. These companies need to rebut these accusations by providing opposing facts. The increase in childhood obesity can be related to: lack of exercise, low self-esteem, depression, stress, family history, and medications. Each one of these factors have increased…