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bees. Characterizations in various movies, literature and social media label teenage girls with stereotypical and offensive titles which inevitably have affected an entire generation of girl’s self-confidences and mental stability and may continue to do so if nothing is changed. Media and authority has used its power to group “teens” together…

used to plague the minds of our youth with unrealistic ideals, expectations, and body image. Stephanie Haynes, a freelance journalist, critiques in great detail her ideas of the growing trend of sexualization of young girls. This is captured in her essay titled “Little Girls or Little Women? the Disney princes effect”. In this essay Haynes talks about Mary Finucane's personal experiences as a mother to a three-year-old daughter with an unhealthy mindset of imagery. This claim is made very…

What Are The Effects of Society Slut Shaming or Sexualizing Young Girls? “Girls may not only experience feelings of shame due to being sexualized, but they may also develop eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression” (Sexualization 1). This issue, Body Image, has been even more of an issue to our generation and should be addressed more than it is currently being addressed. Body image is a very serious topic because the way we see each other and criticize each other, has an effect…

Cosmetics seem to be a rite of passage for all girls transitioning to teenagers. They are inspired by the beautifully enhanced models in magazines and the filtered celebrities they follow on their mobile phones. While the famous are beautiful, the average person does not resemble their features, even if they want to. From Natalie Portman to Tyra Banks, cosmetics companies employ fresh, famous faces to promote and advertise their product. But do cosmetic companies prey on the innocence and the…

pretty sure that everybody has heard the phrases “don’t be such a girl” or “you run like a girl!” or any variation of it (hit, fight, etc). It’s usually said to guys as an insult because girls are weak and silly and it’s super insulting to be compared to one. It gives the idea that it’s bad to be a girl. Now imagine if a little girl is around to hear this said to a boy. She would probably start to wonder what is wrong with being a girl, and maybe even begin to hate the idea of being one. Maybe…

surprising when you notice the models who star the editorial. They aren’t anonymous girls or beginners who couldn’t say no to such an insulting and degrading shoot for women. Quite the opposite: supermodels Anja Rubik, Andreea Diaconu, Lily Donaldson, Daria Strokous and Edita Vilkeviciute, actually popular “mannequins” who have hit the most important catwalks in the world, who have appeared in quite important magazine covers and who already have a successful careers in fashion. My intention is…

Guerrilla girls The contemporary poster “Do Women Have to be Naked to Get into the MET Mueseum,” (1989) was made by the Guerilla girls in response to the conscious and unconscious discrimination in the art world at the time. The Guerrilla Girls are intersectional feminist activist artists who since their inception have underminde the idea of a mainstream narrative by revealing the understory and subtext in order to expose bad behaviour in the art world. Working collaboratively as a group to…

1. In Fresh off the boat, Women and girls were slim figured and wearing stylish clothes. There was not much skin showing either, fully clothed and fashionable. The women and girls shown in the show were all slim, petite or slender. Ideal body type looked to be slim and petite or slim and tall, but overall slim in general. In modern family, the women were slim as well, there were more variations of ethnicity as well, the Hispanic woman had big breast and a big butt but a slim stomach and she…

child, being accepted is all that I really wanted. As a teenage girl it continued and grew into something I needed. The more technology advanced the more I was subjected to constant visuals of what a woman should and should not be. I watched movies like Clueless where it showed that to be the most-liked person at school you have to be rich, thin, and have all the latest clothes and accessories. Music videos like P. Diddy’s I Need a Girl that showed I need to have a pretty face and curves on my…

would be taller than the average man and have bigger biceps than any body builder. This gives boys an unrealistic ideal to live up to” (Body Image Men). I have never, not once seen a woman or a man that hasn’t been touched up with photo shop on the cover of a magazine. There has never been a time where someone has woken up on a TV show without wearing some sort of makeup. People need to learn to be natural. Flaws are natural. Being perfect is indeed, imperfect. I believe the media needs to take…