Cover girl

disturbing and unhealthy effect on women's self-esteem, because they start obsessing and comparing themselves to TV Stars, Runway models, etc., and realize that they're not enough. This influence leads young women to do the impossible to look like a cover girl, even if it means starving themselves to look thinner. With this verse, the writers want women to know how far the consequences of wanting to look like a model can lead to a series of eating disorders which go from anorexia to compulsive…

lingerie or a make-up line for girls and teens. Now stores are targeting all of theses things for younger girls making them grow up so fast or look like they are grown. I remember having my eight-year-old niece over and when she arrived to my house her face was full of makeup and she was wearing a bra under her little tank top and her booty shorts. I wiped her face off with a wet towel and told her she was to young to wear makeup and that she should be a little girl and enjoy it. I also told my…

Stereotypically and in reality, Catholic school girls are the must judgmental beings to walk this planet. Whether, Stacy danced with more than one guy at homecoming or she lives on the other side of West End, they will find a reason to judge. Similarly, the characters in Jane Austin’s 1979 novel, Pride and Prejudice, judge each other’s every trait. Catholic School girls should be required to read Pride and Prejudice to give them enlightenment about their overcritical ways. For example,…

When women decide to make a bold move in the media it can either backfire completely or inspire an entire generation of young girls. It is common that girls are told to cover up and be modest as their bodies change and mature, while young men are not pressured to cover up any parts of their body at any time in their life. This has resulted in a society that constantly judges every move that a woman makes, especially when it has to do with her own body. The worst part of this situation is that…

“The Osage Firebird”, written by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, is a short story that depicts the life of the ballerina, Maria Tallchief. It covers her childhood, her performance in The Firebird, and the awards she received during her life. Although it is not the most detailed of passages, it gives the basics of her life. The passage starts with how she listened to stories her grandmother told her by the fire. She remembered every story. She was shy when she was a child. She started taking dance…

her: white, blonde, skinny, long-legged girls who look exactly the same. Teenage girls are most attracted to this brand because of its popularity, the sense of…

turned and ran when the gang returned to the building, not one making a sound or move to check on the black and blue form lying just outside. Something inside Michael twisted and began to coil. The door shut, and a vulture cast its shadow on the broken girl as it flew overhead. Minutes passed; the lights inside Farside turned off. The coil tightened. Seconds more and Michael finally approached the gasping child, breath leaving him as he gazed down at the girl’s face. Not a single inch of skin…

television and manipulating the people. Media influence has negative effects on people. The Media makes women, and men have a negative for body image. The book Beauty…and the Beast of Advertising Kilbourne’s statements said, (28). “Even grade-school girls are succumbing to stick-like standards of beauty enforced by a relentless parade of wasp-waisted fashion models, movie stars and pop idols.” The media conveys the wrong messages to the American people and has a negative mental effect. The…

Women have struggled for years to gain equality with their male counterparts. In the 1960’s, women were expected to marry in their early 20’s and devote all of their time to domestic chores in the home. She was expected to watch after her children and have dinner ready for her husband he arrived home from work. Because of this, women had fewer opportunities in sports and were seen as inferior to men. It wasn’t until a famous tennis match in 1973 between a woman, Billie Jean King, and a man,…

Celebrity fascination is not healthy for adolescent girls. Girls around the ages of 11 to 17 are most influenced to get that ‘perfect’ look that they see on the cover of their favorite magazine. (Spettigue) These ‘influences’ that young girls have are setting unrealistic and unhealthy standards. For most girls they are striving for a thigh gap and small waist which they’re trying to achieve by starving themselves or taking medications that could be potentially dangerous. The thing with dieting…