Body shape

Scene 5 is a pivotal scene in relation the theme of reality and illusion and how it is central to the character of Blanche and the persona she has created for herself as the scene marks a major shift in the protagonist’s mental stability. The theme of reality and illusion is intertwined with Blanche’s mental state and desperation to survive in a world alien to her and Williams uses plastic theatre to encompass that using symbolism in staging. From the star her polarising difference to her…

“The female body is a cultural artefact defined and redefined over time in response to broad cultural and historical transformations. Historically, the body has taken on a tubular and slender form in eras in which the female mind has become more politically, economically and socially independent. One need only reflect upon the popular image of the 1920s flapper and the 1970s fashion models to observe the validity of such an assertion” – Hesse-Biber, Howling, Leavy and Lovejoy (2004).Women for…

Society's promotion of a thin body has lead men and women to believe they would not be successful without it. An article published by University Wire, “Photoshopping Sells Illusions, Not Reality”, Christian Ianniello asserts that companies sell illusions by using photoshop to make celebrities/models look thinner and flawless. In return, this causes young adults, who look up to them, to have eating disorders. As well as an article published in USA TODAY, “Swimmers Fight Body Image Battles”,…

Annie Dillard’s and Alice Walker’s narrations reflect on the key moments in their youth. The moments discussed influenced and shaped their lives respectively. The themes in the Beauty: When the Other Dance is The Self are beauty, self-doubt, and self-acceptance whereas the theme in the From an American Childhood is the self-consciousness of the narrator as she grows up and transition from childhood to adulthood. One of the themes in Walker’s narration is beauty. The beauty discussed in her work…

Miss Representation is a 2011 documentary movie, which produced by talented director Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Before the movie came out, Miss Representation producers released eight minutes long trailer of a background from the movie content. Different from entertain movie trailers, Miss representation trailer takes the audience to a controversial issue which is happening in our country, but not everyone realizes it. The issue was surrounding media and its behavior toward women. Hence, it makes…

serious harm to a child. The failure to act or take action to prevent these things can also be considered child abuse. Child obesity can be describe as a child who weights above the normal amount for their age or height or have a high level of excess body fat which can cause…

To be free-spoken nowadays, our universe has changed very much. Susan Bordo the modern feminist philosopher described as surprisingly about the connection between eating disorder and images used in advertisement. She showed beautifully that the objective which is criticizing the culture these days. The main connection between watching an advertisement of slim, beautiful model. The fashion industry influenced the human beings rapidly in this present universe. The young women in order to get…

Journal Ten 1. Title Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis 2. Author Sameera Karnik and Amar Kanekar 3. Source Karnik, S. & Kanekar, A. (2012). Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis. International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2012 Jan; 3(1): 1–7. 4. Summary of the article’s main thesis or premise basic components/propositions “Obesity is a major public health crisis among children and adults. The range of weights for individuals if greater than the ideal weight,…

Women today have a lot of pressure in how they want to look physically. Social media contributes to body dissatisfaction or shaming because of a women’s figure. The need to look think is driving many young girls and women to eating disorders. This is affecting teenage girls the most because of their fixation on how they think their bodies should look every time they see a female model in a commercial or tabloid. Many of them go to the extreme on making sure they stay as thin as they can or find…

Numerous individuals feel as if they are pressured by the idea of an ideal body image through the media. In many instances, individuals often have their own ideal body image, but because of standards that humanity has set for the "perfect body" that are reinforced through the media, men and women are expected to meet other standards. In chapter one of the book, Mass Media Research: An Introduction, the authors, Roger D. Wimmer and Joseph R. Dominick, state, "The term mass media refers to any…