Keeping Up with the Kardashians

are watching television, participating in social media, reading magazines, playing video games—and they’re all starting to partake in all of this at an age where they don’t fully understand what it all means. For young girls, watching “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” gives them the idea that all girls need to look and act foolishly, brainwashing them into believing that large breasts and partaking in idiotic stunts on national television is acceptable. For young boys, playing violent video…

the world and leaving them ill-prepared for life beyond high school. To give a simple example, I was not aware of the fact that babies came from women and did not simply fall from the sky until I watched a particularly riveting episode “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” one day at eight years old. Imagine if I had not been exposed to that simple fact of life and continued into adulthood being completely oblivious and unaware of how human life is made because it is considered a topic too taboo to…

Title Media is everywhere, we watch it to stay entertained and even read it in magazines to keep up with the latest gossip. Whether we realize it or not, the media influences our lives. Who is the media aiming toward more? Young women are prime victims to media due to their lack of experience and because their minds are still growing, young women are persuaded much easier. However what is the influence the media is having on these young girls? media displays the perfect women in their heads,…

those cylindrical tubes of lip balm felt kind of clinical, tasteless, and lacking personality. Those boring sticks were replaced seven years ago by the pastel-colored lip balm orbs produced by EOS, and due to immediate popularity, they began popping up in just about every store across the country. They started in Walgreens and Walmart, and by the time they were in Target, beauty editors at Allure and Cosmo were already singing the praises of the grapefruit and honeydew lip balm…

Visual Essay Lebron James appeared as the first african-american man on the cover of American Vogue. In most situations this would call for a celebration but in this case not everyone was amused. In this cover King James, NBA superstar, is captured with the beautiful supermodel Gisele Bundchen. The discussion that arises from the cover is whether the image was racist. You might ask “why?” Well, James, posed on as what people said “gorilla-like-pose”, showing his teeth, dribbling a basketball…

children do not even want to be children anymore. Dress and appearance, education, and technology such as televisions are forcing them to grow up extremely too fast. A huge problem in our culture today that causes children to grow up too fast are the fashion trends. “I talk with kids every day, and all I can say is there’s significant pressure to grow up very quickly, and the clothing is just one part of it,” says youth leader Donahue-Grossman. When most people think of problems with…

O.J. Simpson Trial “If the glove doesn’t fit you must acquit”, exclaimed Johnny Cochran, one of the attorneys for the famous O.J. Simpson trial. The trial took place in the summer of 1994. O.J, was found not guilty during the trial. The verdict divided the nation into two groups; those who thought he was guilty and those who agreed with the verdict . Simpson, before being tried for murder, was a professional football player who played for the Buffalo Bills and san Francisco 49ers. Simpson was…

our youth, reality television is one of many factors responsible for the society we live in. We should pay more attention to what we observe on screen and think critically about the content to help filter the ideas that are portrayed before we open up our lives to what issues reality television shows could…

It’s calypte anna. It’s a hummingbird. I want to pick the thing up, cradle it in my hands, but I wouldn't dare. I wouldn’t dare touch a dead bird. That’s gross. I remember my days as a child, where the world was much taller and brighter. I remember the sunshine beating on the wings of an iridescent dead thing in my…

Justinh Truong Dejmal English 102 1 December 2014 Reality TV: A Demoralized Culture Is reality TV just “harmless entertainment” or is it something bigger, something that must be carefully scrutinized to be able to see the true effects. Surfacing in the late 20th century, reality TV has sparked from the time of birth, now, in recent years, with over 300 reality programs broadcasting all over the nation. In the early years of its life, reality TV was seen as a fresh and revolutionary market for…